Psalms 124:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֗֜‪[c]‬חְלָה עָבַ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃

Transliteration

then the mayim šəṭāpûnû naḥlāh ʿābar over napšēnû

Grammar Details

*ʾăzay*: adverb - then/at that time
*hammayim*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the waters
*šəṭāpûnû*: verb qal perfect 3rd plural + 1st person plural suffix - they overflowed us
*naḥlāh*: noun feminine singular - torrent/stream/wadi
*ʿābar*: verb qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - passed over
*ʿal-napšēnû*: preposition + noun feminine singular + 1st person plural suffix - over our soul

Word Meanings

*mayim*: waters/flood
*šəṭāpûnû*: overwhelmed us/swept over us/flooded us
*naḥlāh*: torrent/stream/flood
*ʿābar ʿal-napšēnû*: passed over our soul/life/overwhelmed our being

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 22:11 : 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Ps 18:4 : 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Ps 32:6 : 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calleth{H8802)} unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone{H8804)} over me.
Ps 69:2 : 2 I sink{H8804)} in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come{H8804)} into deep waters, where the floods overflow{H8804)} me.
Ps 69:15 : 15 Let not the waterflood overflow{H8799)} me, neither let the deep swallow me up{H8799)}, and let not the pit shut{H8799)} her mouth upon me.
Isa 8:7-8 : 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Isa 28:2 : 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
Isa 59:19 : 19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Jer 46:7-8 : 7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? 8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
Dan 9:26 : 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Rev 12:15-16 : 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Rev 17:1 : 1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Rev 17:15 : 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

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