2 Samuel 22:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֥שֶׁת חֹ֛שֶׁךְ סְבִיבֹתָ֖יו סֻכּ֑וֹת חַֽשְׁרַת־מַ֖יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃

Transliteration

And wayyāšet ḥōšek sebîbōtāyw sukkôt; ḥašrat-mayim ʿābê šeḥāqîm.

Grammar Details

*wayyāšet*: Qal imperfect 3ms with waw-consecutive - he set/made
*ḥōšek*: masculine noun - darkness
*sebîbōtāyw*: feminine plural noun with 3ms suffix - his surroundings
*sukkôt*: feminine plural noun - booths/pavilions
*ḥašrat*: construct state - gathering of
*mayim*: masculine plural noun - waters
*ʿābê*: masculine plural construct of *ʿāb* - clouds of
*šeḥāqîm*: masculine plural noun - skies

Word Meanings

*wayyāšet*: set, placed, put
*sukkôt*: booths, pavilions, shelters
*ḥašrat*: gathering, collection, mass
*ʿābê*: thick clouds, dark clouds
*šeḥāqîm*: skies, heavens, clouds

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 22:10 : 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Job 36:29 : 29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Ps 18:11-12 : 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

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