Psalms 104:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ מַ֭עְיָנִים בַּנְּחָלִ֑ים בֵּ֥ין הָ֝רִ֗ים יְהַלֵּכֽוּן׃

Transliteration

hamshalēaḥ maʿyānîm bannĕḥālîm bên hārîm yĕhallēkûn

Grammar Details

*hamshalēaḥ*: definite article + participle, piel active, masculine singular - sending forth
*maʿyānîm*: noun, masculine plural - springs
*bannĕḥālîm*: preposition *bě* + definite article + noun, masculine plural - in the valleys/wadis
*bên*: preposition - between
*hārîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the mountains
*yĕhallēkûn*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they flow

Word Meanings

*mĕshalēaḥ*: sending forth, letting loose, releasing
*maʿyānîm*: springs, fountains, sources of water
*nĕḥālîm*: valleys, wadis, ravines, streams
*bên*: between, among
*hārîm*: mountains, hills
*yĕhallēkûn*: flow, go, proceed, walk

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 41:18 : 18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Ps 107:35 : 35 He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.
Isa 35:7 : 7 And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Deut 8:7 : 7 For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

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