Psalms 107:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר וַֽ֭יַּעֲמֵד ר֣וּחַ סְעָרָ֑ה וַתְּרוֹמֵ֥ם גַּלָּֽיו

Transliteration

and-yōʾmer and-yaʿămēd rûaḥ sᵊʿārâ and-tᵊrômēm gallāyw

Grammar Details

*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he spoke/said
*yaʿămēd*: hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he raised up/caused to stand
*rûaḥ*: noun, feminine singular construct - wind of
*sᵊʿārâ*: noun, feminine singular - storm/tempest
*tᵊrômēm*: polel imperfect consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and it lifted up
*gallāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his/its waves

Word Meanings

*yōʾmer*: he spoke/said/commanded
*yaʿămēd*: he raised up/caused to stand/summoned
*rûaḥ*: wind/spirit/breath
*sᵊʿārâ*: storm/tempest/whirlwind
*tᵊrômēm*: it lifted up/raised high
*gallāyw*: his/its waves/billows

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Referenced Verses

Jonah 1:4 : 4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Ps 148:8 : 8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
Ps 93:3 : 3 The floods have lifted up{H8804)}, O LORD, the floods have lifted up{H8804)} their voice; the floods lift up{H8799)} their waves.
Ps 105:31 : 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
Ps 105:34 : 34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
Ps 135:7 : 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
Matt 8:24 : 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
John 6:18 : 18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

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