Psalms 18:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִ֭צָּיו וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם וּבְרָקִ֥ים רָ֝ב וַיְהֻמֵּֽם׃

Transliteration

And yishlach chitsav and yefitsem and beraqim rav and yehumem.

Grammar Details

• *yishlach*: qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he sent
• *chitsav*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his arrows
• *yefitsem*: hifil imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and he scattered them
• *beraqim*: masculine plural noun - lightnings
• *rav*: masculine singular adjective - many/great
• *yehumem*: qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and he confused them

Word Meanings

• *yishlach*: he sent/he shot/he cast
• *yefitsem*: he scattered them/he dispersed them
• *rav*: many/great/abundant
• *yehumem*: he confused them/he discomfited them/he threw them into panic

Referenced Verses

• Ps 106:9 : 9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
• Exod 15:8 : 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
• Josh 3:13-16 : 13 And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap. 14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people; 15 and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,) 16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
• 2 Sam 22:16 : 16 Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
• 2 Kgs 19:7 : 7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
• Job 4:9 : 9 By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
• Job 38:4-6 : 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner - stone thereof,
• Ps 74:15 : 15 Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
• Ps 76:6 : 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
• Ps 104:5 : 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.
• Isa 11:4 : 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
• Isa 30:27-28 : 27 Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire; 28 and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err [shall be] in the jaws of the peoples.
• Isa 30:33 : 33 For a Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
• Jer 31:37 : 37 Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.
• Jonah 2:6 : 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
• Mic 6:2 : 2 Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.