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Psalms 106:26

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

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וַיִּשָּׂ֣אvayisaand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and lift up”, the next action in the storyH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…יָד֣וֹyadvohandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […לָהֶ֑םlahemtoלָהֶ֑םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toלְהַפִּ֥ילlehapilto fallנָפַלpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to fall”, the to-form of the verbH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…א֝וֹתָ֗םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd 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).בַּמִּדְבָּֽרbamidbarin desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

Young’s Literal Translation

And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

World English Bible

Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

Darby Translation

And he lifted up his hand to them, that he would make them fall in the wilderness;

Douay-Rheims

They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So he lifted up his hand against them, to cast them down in the wilderness;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπῇρε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, τοῦ καταβαλεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ,