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He gave them what they craved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/78.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/78.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/78.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So they ate and were well filled, For He gave them their own desire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/78.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they ate and were well filled, And He satisfied their longing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/78.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So they ate and were well filled, And their desire He gave to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/78.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So they ate and were well filled; And their desire He gave to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/78.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So they ate and were very satisfied, And their desire He brought to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/78.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So they ate and were well filled, He gave them what they craved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/78.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The people ate and were completely satisfied, for he gave them what they craved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/78.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They ate and were completely satisfied, for He gave them what they craved. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/78.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/78.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God gave his people all they wanted, and each of them ate until they were full. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/78.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So they did eat, and were well filled; and he gave them that they lusted after.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/78.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They ate more than enough. He gave them what they wanted,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/78.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So the people ate and were satisfied; God gave them what they wanted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/78.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So they ate and were very satisfied, because he granted their desire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/78.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/78.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They ate until they were stuffed; he gave them what they desired. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/78.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/78.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So they ate, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/78.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/78.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, "" And He brings their desire to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/78.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/78.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they shall eat and be well filled: and he will bring to them their desire.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/78.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So they did eat, and were filled exceedingly, and he gave them their desire: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/78.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 77:29>And they ate until they were greatly satisfied, and he brought to them according to their desires.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/78.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They ate and were well filled; he gave them what they had craved. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/78.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/78.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So they did eat and were well filled; for he gave them their own desire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/78.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />They ate and were very satisfied and he gave them their desire.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/78.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So they did eat, and were well filled; And He gave them that which they craved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/78.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So they ate, and were completely filled; and he gave them their desire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/78-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9658" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">I Will Open My Mouth in Parables</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: way·yō·ḵə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">So they ate</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">and were well</a> <a href="/hebrew/7646.htm" title="7646: way·yiś·bə·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To be sated, satisfied or surfeited. Or sabeay; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. Fill to satisfaction.">filled,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇi (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">for He gave</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/8378.htm" title="8378: wə·ṯa·’ă·wā·ṯām (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- A desire. From 'avah; a longing; by implication, a delight.">what they craved.</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Numbers 11:31-34</a></span><br />Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp. / All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp. / But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-12.htm">Exodus 16:12-15</a></span><br />“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’” / That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. / When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a></span><br />Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3-6</a></span><br />They all ate the same spiritual food / and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. / Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-8.htm">Exodus 16:8</a></span><br />And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">Numbers 11:4-6</a></span><br />Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat? / We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. / But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49-51</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. / This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. / I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40</a></span><br />They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm">Nehemiah 9:20-21</a></span><br />You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. / For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/14-20.htm">Matthew 14:20-21</a></span><br />They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. / About five thousand men were fed, besides women and children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-37.htm">Matthew 15:37-38</a></span><br />They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. / A total of four thousand men were fed, besides women and children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/9-17.htm">Luke 9:17</a></span><br />They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/7-1.htm">2 Kings 7:1-2</a></span><br />Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’” / But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/7-19.htm">2 Kings 7:19-20</a></span><br />And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!” / And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/20-23.htm">Job 20:23</a></span><br />When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;</p><p class="hdg">for he gave</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-15.htm">Psalm 106:15</a></b></br> And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-20.htm">Numbers 11:20</a></b></br> <i>But</i> even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which <i>is</i> among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/78-25.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/psalms/78-18.htm">Craved</a> <a href="/psalms/78-18.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/psalms/78-25.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/psalms/59-15.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/psalms/72-19.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/psalms/78-25.htm">Food</a> <a href="/psalms/78-25.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/71-23.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/numbers/11-34.htm">Lusted</a> <a href="/psalms/65-4.htm">Satisfied</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/105-35.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/psalms/78-30.htm">Craved</a> <a href="/psalms/78-30.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/psalms/80-5.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/psalms/78-59.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/psalms/78-30.htm">Food</a> <a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/78-59.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/psalms/106-14.htm">Lusted</a> <a href="/psalms/78-30.htm">Satisfied</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 78</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-1.htm">An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-9.htm">The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient</a></span><br><span class="reftext">67. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-67.htm">The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/78.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/78.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So they ate and were well filled</b><br>This phrase refers to the Israelites during their wilderness journey after the Exodus from Egypt. God provided manna and quail to satisfy their hunger, demonstrating His provision and care. The miraculous feeding is a testament to God's ability to meet the physical needs of His people. This event is recorded in <a href="/exodus/16.htm">Exodus 16</a> and <a href="/numbers/11.htm">Numbers 11</a>, where God responds to the Israelites' complaints about the lack of food. The phrase "well filled" indicates not just sufficiency but abundance, highlighting God's generosity. This provision prefigures the feeding of the 5,000 by Jesus in the New Testament (<a href="/matthew/14-13.htm">Matthew 14:13-21</a>), where He also provides abundantly for the physical needs of the people, pointing to His divine nature and compassion.<p><b>for He gave them what they craved</b><br>This part of the verse underscores God's response to the Israelites' desires, even when those desires were driven by discontent and lack of faith. The craving for meat, as opposed to the manna God initially provided, reflects a deeper spiritual issue of ingratitude and rebellion against God's plan. In <a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">Numbers 11:4-6</a>, the Israelites express their longing for the food they had in Egypt, showing a lack of trust in God's provision. This craving led to God's judgment, as seen in <a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Numbers 11:31-34</a>, where the quail brought a plague upon those who ate greedily. This serves as a warning about the dangers of coveting and the consequences of prioritizing fleshly desires over spiritual obedience. Theologically, it points to the human tendency to seek satisfaction outside of God's will, a theme echoed in <a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a>, which discusses the progression from desire to sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and wandered in the wilderness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert area where the Israelites wandered for 40 years after their exodus from Egypt.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a></b><br>The miraculous supply of food (manna and quail) provided by God to sustain the Israelites in the wilderness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/q/quail.htm">Quail</a></b><br>The birds that God sent to the Israelites in response to their craving for meat, as described in the context of <a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">Psalm 78</a>.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_human_desire.htm">God's Provision and Human Desire</a></b><br>God is faithful to provide for our needs, but we must be cautious of our desires. The Israelites' craving led to consequences, teaching us to align our desires with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment_in_god's_provision.htm">Contentment in God's Provision</a></b><br>The Israelites' dissatisfaction with manna reflects a lack of contentment. We are called to be content with what God provides, trusting in His wisdom and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_fleshly_cravings.htm">The Danger of Fleshly Cravings</a></b><br>The Israelites' desire for meat over God's provision of manna serves as a warning against allowing fleshly cravings to overshadow spiritual needs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>God's provision of quail came in His timing, not the Israelites'. We must trust that God's timing is perfect, even when it doesn't align with our immediate desires.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_sustenance_over_physical_satisfaction.htm">Spiritual Sustenance Over Physical Satisfaction</a></b><br>Jesus' teaching in <a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">John 6</a> reminds us that spiritual sustenance is more important than physical satisfaction. We should seek the "bread of life" that only Christ can provide.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_78.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 78</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_divine_voice_destroying_trees.htm">Psalm 29:5 states the Lord's voice shatters the cedars of Lebanon; what evidence supports the claim that a divine voice can cause literal destruction of trees?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_seas_rivers_literally_praising_god.htm">Psalm 98:7-8 depicts seas and rivers praising God. How are we to accept these as literal events rather than poetic symbolism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_god's_omnipresence_reconciled_in_ps._88_14.htm">How do we reconcile the claim of God's omnipresence with the Psalmist's sense of complete abandonment in Psalm 88:14?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_cause_deaths_in_the_bible.htm">Why did God cause deaths in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/78.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) <span class= "bld">Desire.</span>--See <a href="/numbers/11-34.htm" title="And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.">Numbers 11:34</a>, margin.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/78.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 29.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">So they did eat, and were well filled;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> sated (comp. <a href="/numbers/11-19.htm">Numbers 11:19, 20</a>). <span class="cmt_word">For he gave them their own desire;</span> or, <span class="accented">their own lust</span> - <span class="accented">that they lusted after</span> (Revised Version). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/78-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So they ate</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·ḵə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and were well</span><br /><span class="heb">מְאֹ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(mə·’ōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily</span><br /><br /><span class="word">filled,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׂבְּע֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiś·bə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7646.htm">Strong's 7646: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be sated, satisfied or surfeited</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for He gave</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבִ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">לָהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what they craved.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝תַֽאֲוָתָ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯa·’ă·wā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8378.htm">Strong's 8378: </a> </span><span class="str2">A longing, a delight</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/78-29.htm">Psalm 78:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/78-29.htm">Psalm 78:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/78-29.htm">Psalm 78:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/78-29.htm">Psalm 78:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/78-29.htm">Psalm 78:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/78-29.htm">Psalm 78:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/78-29.htm">Psalm 78:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/78-29.htm">Psalm 78:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/78-29.htm">Psalm 78:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/78-29.htm">Psalm 78:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/78-29.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 78:29 So they ate and were well filled (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/78-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 78:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 78:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/78-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 78:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 78:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>