Psalms 147:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשְׁלַ֣ח דְּבָר֣וֹ וְיַמְסֵ֑ם יַשֵּׁ֥ב ר֝וּח֗וֹ יִזְּלוּ־מָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

Yishlah debārōw weyamsēm yashshēb rūhōw yizzelū-māyim

Grammar Details

*Yishlah*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Qal - he sends
*debārōw*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his word
*weyamsēm*: conjunction + imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Hiphil + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and melts them
*yashshēb*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Hiphil - he causes to blow
*rūhōw*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wind
*yizzelū*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, Qal - they flow
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - waters

Word Meanings

*Yishlah*: sends/dispatches
*debārōw*: his word/his command
*yamsēm*: melts them/dissolves them/thaws them
*yashshēb*: causes to blow/makes blow
*rūhōw*: his wind/his breath/his spirit
*yizzelū*: flow/run/stream

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Ps 147:15 : 15 He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; His word runneth very swiftly.
Ps 107:20 : 20 He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth [them] from their destructions.
Job 6:16-17 : 16 Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Job 37:10 : 10 By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Job 37:17 : 17 How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south [wind]?

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 147:15-17
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15He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; His word runneth very swiftly.
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Ps 148:8
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8Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
Jer 51:16
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16when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
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Jer 10:13
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74%
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Amos 9:5
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