Psalms 107:35

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָשֵׂ֣ם מִ֭דְבָּר לַֽאֲגַם־מַ֑יִם וְאֶ֥רֶץ צִ֝יָּ֗ה לְמֹצָ֥אֵי מָֽיִם

Transliteration

yāśēm midbār to-ʾăgam-mayim and-ʾereṣ ṣiyyâ to-môṣāʾê māyim

Grammar Details

*yāśēm*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he turns/changes
*midbār*: noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert
*ʾăgam*: noun, masculine singular construct with prefixed preposition lamed - to pool of
*mayim*: noun, masculine plural - water
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct with prefixed conjunction waw - and land of
*ṣiyyâ*: noun, feminine singular - dryness/drought
*môṣāʾê*: noun, masculine plural construct with prefixed preposition lamed - to springs of
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - water

Word Meanings

*yāśēm*: he turns/changes/makes
*midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
*ʾăgam*: pool/pond/standing water
*mayim*: water/waters
*ʾereṣ*: land/country
*ṣiyyâ*: dryness/drought/parched land
*môṣāʾê*: springs of/fountains of/sources of

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Referenced Verses

Ps 114:8 : 8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Isa 35:6-7 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. 7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Isa 41:17-19 : 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Ezek 47:6-9 : 6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. 10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. 11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
Num 21:16-18 : 16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
2 Kgs 3:16-20 : 16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. 17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. 19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. 20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

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