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Deuteronomy 9:8

Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.

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וּבְחֹרֵ֥בuvechorevand in Horebחֹרֵבconjunction, preposition, noun, proper name — “and in Horeb”H2722Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountainsHoreb.הִקְצַפְתֶּ֖םhiqtsaftemangerקָצַףverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “anger”, a completed actionH7107to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage(be) anger(-ry), displease, fret self, (provoke to) wrath (come), be wroth.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).וַיִּתְאַנַּ֧ףvayitanafand be angryאָנַףconjunction, verb, hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be angry”, the next action in the storyH599to breathe hard, i.e. be enragedbe angry (displeased).יְהוָ֛הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).בָּכֶ֖םbakheminבָּכֶ֖םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “in”inלְהַשְׁמִ֥ידlehashmidto destoryשָׁמַדpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to destory”, the to-form of the verbH8045to desolatedestory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.אֶתְכֶֽםetkhemobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Also in Horeb ye made the LORD wroth, and the LORD was angered with you to have destroyed you.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Also in Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you.

Young’s Literal Translation

even in Horeb ye have made Jehovah wroth, and Jehovah sheweth Himself angry against you — to destroy you.

World English Bible

Also in Horeb you provoked Yahweh to wrath, and Yahweh was angry with you to destroy you.

Darby Translation

And at Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you, to destroy you,

Douay-Rheims

For in Horeb also thou didst provoke him, and he was angry, and would have destroyed thee,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Also in Horeb ye made the LORD wroth, and the LORD was angered with you to have destroyed you.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Also in Choreb ye provoked the Lord, and the Lord was angry with you to destroy you;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐν Χωρὴβ παρωξύνατε Κύριον, καὶ ἐθυμώθη Κύριος ἐφʼ ὑμῖν ἐξολεθρεῦσαι ὑμᾶς,