Psalms 18:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּרְכַּ֣ב עַל־כְּ֭רוּב וַיָּעֹ֑ף וַ֝יֵּ֗דֶא עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רֽוּחַ׃

Transliteration

And yirkav upon-keruv and ya'of and yede upon-kanfey-ruach.

Grammar Details

*yirkav*: qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he rode
*keruv*: masculine singular noun - cherub
*ya'of*: qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he flew
*yede*: qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he soared/flew swiftly
*kanfey*: construct state, feminine plural - wings of
*ruach*: feminine singular noun - wind/spirit

Word Meanings

*yirkav*: he rode/he mounted
*keruv*: cherub/angelic being
*ya'of*: he flew/he soared
*yede*: he soared/he flew swiftly/he swooped
*ruach*: wind/spirit/breath

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Deut 4:11 : 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.
Ps 81:7 : 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. {H5542}
Ps 91:1 : 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Joel 2:2 : 2 a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

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