Psalms 78:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְבַקַּ֣ע צֻ֭רִים בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַ֝יַּ֗שְׁקְ כִּתְהֹמ֥וֹת רַבָּֽה׃

Transliteration

He yᵉḇaqqaʿ ṣûrîm in the bammiḏbār and he wayyašq like kitᵉhōmôt rabbâ

Grammar Details

*yᵉḇaqqaʿ*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he split/broke open
*ṣûrîm*: noun, masculine plural - rocks
*bammiḏbār*: preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - in the wilderness/desert
*wayyašq*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he gave drink
*kitᵉhōmôt*: preposition + noun, feminine plural - like depths/deep places
*rabbâ*: adjective, feminine singular - great/many/abundant

Word Meanings

*yᵉḇaqqaʿ*: split/broke open/cleaved/divided
*ṣûrîm*: rocks/cliffs/rocky places
*miḏbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
*wayyašq*: and he gave drink/caused to drink/watered
*tᵉhōmôt*: depths/deep places/abysses/oceans
*rabbâ*: great/many/abundant/plentiful

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Referenced Verses

Exod 17:6 : 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Num 20:11 : 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.
Ps 105:41 : 41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places [like] a river.
Ps 114:8 : 8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
1 Cor 10:4 : 4 and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.
Rev 22:1 : 1 And he showed me a {G2513} river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: {G2532} he that will, let him take the water of life freely.
Isa 41:18 : 18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Isa 43:20 : 20 The beasts of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
Isa 48:21 : 21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
John 7:37-38 : 37 Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.

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Ps 78:16-17
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16He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.
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21And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
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40They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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Ps 78:20
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20Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?
Ps 114:8
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8Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
Deut 8:15
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15who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Ps 74:15
78%
15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Num 20:10-11
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78%
10And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; shall we bring you forth water out of this rock?
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Exod 17:6
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6Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Neh 9:15
76%
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Ps 78:13-14
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13He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.
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Ps 107:35
75%
35He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.
Isa 41:18
74%
18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Neh 9:11
74%
11And 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.
Num 20:8
73%
8Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattle drink.
Deut 8:7
73%
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Ps 104:10-11
2 verses
73%
10He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;
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Num 21:16-17
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73%
16And from thence [they journeyed] to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
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1 Cor 10:4
73%
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Exod 15:5
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Ps 106:9
73%
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Isa 63:13
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71%
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Prov 5:15
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Job 12:15
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Ps 78:44
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Exod 7:24
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2 Kgs 19:24
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Deut 32:13
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Exod 17:3
70%
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Ps 78:40
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40How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!