Psalms 107:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־שִׁ֭בַּר דַּלְת֣וֹת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וּבְרִיחֵ֖י בַרְזֶ֣ל גִּדֵּֽעַ

Transliteration

because-šibbar daltôt nᵊḥōšet and-bᵊrîḥê barzel giddēaʿ

Grammar Details

*šibbar*: piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he broke/shattered
*daltôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - doors/gates of
*nᵊḥōšet*: noun, feminine singular - bronze/copper
*bᵊrîḥê*: noun, masculine plural construct with prefixed conjunction waw - and bars of
*barzel*: noun, masculine singular - iron
*giddēaʿ*: piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he cut down/hewed

Word Meanings

*šibbar*: he broke/shattered/smashed
*daltôt*: doors/gates
*nᵊḥōšet*: bronze/copper
*bᵊrîḥê*: bars/bolts
*barzel*: iron
*giddēaʿ*: he cut down/hewed/chopped off

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 45:1-2 : 1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
Mic 2:13 : 13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
Judg 16:3 : 3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

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