Psalms 107:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָשֵׂ֣ם מִ֭דְבָּר לַֽאֲגַם־מַ֑יִם וְאֶ֥רֶץ צִ֝יָּ֗ה לְמֹצָ֥אֵי מָֽיִם

Transliteration

yāśēm midbār to-ʾăgam-mayim and-ʾereṣ ṣiyyâ to-môṣāʾê māyim

Grammar Details

*yāśēm*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he turns/changes
*midbār*: noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert
*ʾăgam*: noun, masculine singular construct with prefixed preposition lamed - to pool of
*mayim*: noun, masculine plural - water
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct with prefixed conjunction waw - and land of
*ṣiyyâ*: noun, feminine singular - dryness/drought
*môṣāʾê*: noun, masculine plural construct with prefixed preposition lamed - to springs of
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - water

Word Meanings

*yāśēm*: he turns/changes/makes
*midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
*ʾăgam*: pool/pond/standing water
*mayim*: water/waters
*ʾereṣ*: land/country
*ṣiyyâ*: dryness/drought/parched land
*môṣāʾê*: springs of/fountains of/sources of

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Referenced Verses

Ps 114:8 : 8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
Isa 35:6-7 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. 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.
Isa 41:17-19 : 17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. 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. 19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil - tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together:
Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the {H4325} watercourses. 5 One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.
Ezek 47:6-9 : 6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen [this]? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea [shall the waters go] which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh. 10 And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand by it: from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. 11 But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt. 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not whither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.
Num 21:16-18 : 16 And from thence [they journeyed] to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 17 Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: 18 The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, [and] with their staves. And from the wilderness [they journeyed] to Mattanah;
2 Kgs 3:16-20 : 16 And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches. 17 For thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and ye shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts. 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. 19 And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. 20 And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 107:33-34
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33He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
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36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,
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6Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
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26To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
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