Psalms 107:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר וַֽ֭יַּעֲמֵד ר֣וּחַ סְעָרָ֑ה וַתְּרוֹמֵ֥ם גַּלָּֽיו

Transliteration

and-yōʾmer and-yaʿămēd rûaḥ sᵊʿārâ and-tᵊrômēm gallāyw

Grammar Details

*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he spoke/said
*yaʿămēd*: hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he raised up/caused to stand
*rûaḥ*: noun, feminine singular construct - wind of
*sᵊʿārâ*: noun, feminine singular - storm/tempest
*tᵊrômēm*: polel imperfect consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and it lifted up
*gallāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his/its waves

Word Meanings

*yōʾmer*: he spoke/said/commanded
*yaʿămēd*: he raised up/caused to stand/summoned
*rûaḥ*: wind/spirit/breath
*sᵊʿārâ*: storm/tempest/whirlwind
*tᵊrômēm*: it lifted up/raised high
*gallāyw*: his/its waves/billows

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jonah 1:4 : 4 But Jehovah sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Ps 148:8 : 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
Ps 93:3 : 3 The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.
Ps 105:31 : 31 He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.
Ps 105:34 : 34 He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,
Ps 135:7 : 7 Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries;
Matt 8:24 : 24 And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
John 6:18 : 18 And the sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew.

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