Psalms 147:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשְׁלַ֣ח דְּבָר֣וֹ וְיַמְסֵ֑ם יַשֵּׁ֥ב ר֝וּח֗וֹ יִזְּלוּ־מָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

Yishlah debārōw weyamsēm yashshēb rūhōw yizzelū-māyim

Grammar Details

*Yishlah*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Qal - he sends
*debārōw*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his word
*weyamsēm*: conjunction + imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Hiphil + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and melts them
*yashshēb*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Hiphil - he causes to blow
*rūhōw*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wind
*yizzelū*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, Qal - they flow
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - waters

Word Meanings

*Yishlah*: sends/dispatches
*debārōw*: his word/his command
*yamsēm*: melts them/dissolves them/thaws them
*yashshēb*: causes to blow/makes blow
*rūhōw*: his wind/his breath/his spirit
*yizzelū*: flow/run/stream

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Ps 147:15 : 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
Ps 107:20 : 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
Job 6:16-17 : 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Job 37:10 : 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Job 37:17 : 17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

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