Psalms 77:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known{H8738)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ק֤וֹל רַעַמְךָ֨ ׀ בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל הֵאִ֣ירוּ בְרָקִ֣ים תֵּבֵ֑ל רָגְזָ֖ה וַתִּרְעַ֣שׁ הָאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

qôl raʿamḵā in-the-galgal hēʾîrû ḇərāqîm tēḇēl rāḡəzāh and-tirʿaš the-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*qôl*: masculine singular construct - voice of
*raʿamḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your thunder
*galgal*: masculine singular noun with prefixed 'bə' and definite article - in the whirlwind
*hēʾîrû*: 3rd person plural hiphil perfect - they illuminated
*ḇərāqîm*: masculine plural noun - lightnings
*tēḇēl*: feminine singular noun - world
*rāḡəzāh*: 3rd person feminine singular qal perfect - she trembled
*tirʿaš*: 3rd person feminine singular qal imperfect with waw-consecutive - and she shook
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth

Word Meanings

*qôl*: voice/sound/noise
*raʿamḵā*: your thunder/your thunderous voice
*galgal*: whirlwind/wheel/heaven
*hēʾîrû*: they illuminated/they lit up/they gave light to
*ḇərāqîm*: lightnings/flashes
*tēḇēl*: world/inhabited earth
*rāḡəzāh*: trembled/quaked/was agitated
*tirʿaš*: shook/quaked/trembled
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Hab 3:15 : 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
Nah 1:3-4 : 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Exod 14:28 : 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Neh 9:11 : 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Ps 29:10 : 10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

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