The Meaning of Psalms 106:36 Explained

Psalms 106:36

KJV: And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

YLT: And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.

Darby: And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:

ASV: And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 106:36?

MEANING: What does Psalms 106:36 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 106:36 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 106:36?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they served  their idols:  which were a snare  unto them. 

What does Psalms 106:36 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 106:34-48 - Regarded When They Cried
Israel's conquest of Canaan did not fulfill the divine mandate. The inhabitants, whose sins had become a menace to mankind, were allowed to exist side by side with the Hebrew immigrants; and, as is often the case, the conquerors were conquered, and the invaders were contaminated by the morals of the invaded. Intermarriage poured a large admixture of alien blood into Israel, and the excesses of idolatry, even to the hideous practice of human sacrifices, became intensified by the ties of kinship and neighborhood.
The whole history of Israel is summed up as alternating cycles of sin and punishment, repentance and deliverance; and we are left wondering, first at the inveterate evil of the human heart, which learns nothing from experience, and next at the inexhaustible long-suffering of God, which, while justice strikes, yet finds some way of alleviating the smart of the stroke, Psalms 106:46. The love of God persists all through humanism and outreaches it.
The prayer of Psalms 106:47 shows that this psalm was written in exile. The psalmist hopes and believes that one result of his people's restoration will be thankfulness and the expression upon grateful lips of never-ending praise. So ends the fourth book of the Psalter.
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Chapter Summary: Psalms 106

1  The psalmist exhorts to praise God
4  He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers
7  The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy
47  He concludes with prayer and praise

What do the individual words in Psalms 106:36 mean?

And they served - their idols and which became to them a snare
וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ אֶת־ עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑ם וַיִּהְי֖וּ לָהֶ֣ם לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ

וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ  And  they  served 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: עָבַד  
Sense: to work, serve.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑ם  their  idols 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עָצָב  
Sense: idol, image.
וַיִּהְי֖וּ  and  which  became 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָהֶ֣ם  to  them 
Parse: Preposition-l, Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ  a  snare 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹוקֵשׁ  
Sense: bait, lure, snare.

What are the major concepts related to Psalms 106:36?

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