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Psalms 78:19

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

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וַֽיְדַבְּר֗וּvaydabrvand speakדָבַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and speak”, the next action in the storyH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.בֵּֽאלֹ֫הִ֥יםbelohimin Godאֱלֹהִיםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.אָ֭מְרוּamervsayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…הֲי֣וּכַלhayukhalbe ableיָכֹלparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be able”, an unfinished actionH3201to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.אֵ֑לelidolאֵלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “idol”, the ordinary formH410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'לַעֲרֹ֥ךְlaarokheto put in arrayעָרַךְpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to put in array”, the to-form of the verbH6186to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.שֻׁ֝לְחָ֗ןshulchantableשֻׁלְחָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “table”, the ordinary formH7979a table (as spread out); by implication, a mealtable.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)

Yea, they spoke against God; they said: 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Young’s Literal Translation

And they speak against God — they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'

World English Bible

Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Darby Translation

And they spoke against God: they said, Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Yea, they spoke against God; they said: 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They spoke also against God, and said, Will God be able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ κατελάλησαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ εἶπαν, μὴ δυνήσεται ὁ Θεὸς ἑτοιμάσαι τράπεζαν ἐν ἐρήμῳ;