Psalms 79:5
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
יְהֹוָה
O Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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בָּעַר
will it burn?
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בָּעַר
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
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כְּמוֹ
like
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כְּמוֹ
a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so
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קִנְאָה
jealousy/ your
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קִנְאָה
jealousy or envy
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