Psalms 68:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶ֤רֶץ רָעָ֨שָׁה ׀ אַף־שָׁמַ֣יִם נָטְפוּ֮ מִפְּנֵ֢י אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים זֶ֥ה סִינַ֑י מִפְּנֵ֥י אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

ʾereṣ rāʿāšâ ʾap-šāmayim nāṭpû mippənê ʾĕlōhîm zeh sînay mippənê ʾĕlōhîm ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular noun - 'earth/land'
*rāʿāšâ*: Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - 'it trembled'
*ʾap*: conjunction/particle - 'also/even'
*šāmayim*: masculine dual noun - 'heavens'
*nāṭpû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - 'they dropped/dripped'
*mippənê*: preposition מִן (from) + construct of פָּנִים (face) - 'from the presence of'
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with singular meaning - 'God'
*zeh*: demonstrative pronoun - 'this'
*sînay*: proper noun - 'Sinai'
*ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct noun - 'God of'
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'

Word Meanings

*rāʿāšâ*: trembled/quaked/shook
*nāṭpû*: dropped/dripped/poured down
*zeh*: this/this one/that

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 78:24-27 : 24 And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven. 25 Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full. 26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind. 27 He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:
Ezek 34:26 : 26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
Deut 11:10-12 : 10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs; 11 but the land, whither ye go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, [and] drinketh water of the rain of heaven, 12 a land which Jehovah thy God careth for: the eyes of Jehovah thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
Deut 11:14 : 14 that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy grain, and thy new wine, and thine oil.
Ps 65:9-9 : 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth. 10 Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof. 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; And thy paths drop fatness. 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered over with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Ps 77:16-17 : 16 The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled. 17 The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad.

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