Psalms 77:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ק֤וֹל רַעַמְךָ֨ ׀ בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל הֵאִ֣ירוּ בְרָקִ֣ים תֵּבֵ֑ל רָגְזָ֖ה וַתִּרְעַ֣שׁ הָאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

qôl raʿamḵā in-the-galgal hēʾîrû ḇərāqîm tēḇēl rāḡəzāh and-tirʿaš the-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*qôl*: masculine singular construct - voice of
*raʿamḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your thunder
*galgal*: masculine singular noun with prefixed 'bə' and definite article - in the whirlwind
*hēʾîrû*: 3rd person plural hiphil perfect - they illuminated
*ḇərāqîm*: masculine plural noun - lightnings
*tēḇēl*: feminine singular noun - world
*rāḡəzāh*: 3rd person feminine singular qal perfect - she trembled
*tirʿaš*: 3rd person feminine singular qal imperfect with waw-consecutive - and she shook
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth

Word Meanings

*qôl*: voice/sound/noise
*raʿamḵā*: your thunder/your thunderous voice
*galgal*: whirlwind/wheel/heaven
*hēʾîrû*: they illuminated/they lit up/they gave light to
*ḇərāqîm*: lightnings/flashes
*tēḇēl*: world/inhabited earth
*rāḡəzāh*: trembled/quaked/was agitated
*tirʿaš*: shook/quaked/trembled
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Hab 3:15 : 15 Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.
Nah 1:3-4 : 3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Exod 14:28 : 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.
Neh 9:11 : 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Ps 29:10 : 10 Jehovah sat [as King] at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever.
Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

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