Psalms 78:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He brought{H8686)} streams{H8802)} also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down{H8686)} like rivers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיּוֹצִ֣א נוֹזְלִ֣ים מִסָּ֑לַע וַיּ֖וֹרֶד כַּנְּהָר֣וֹת מָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And he wayyôṣiʾ nôzᵉlîm from missālaʿ and he caused to run down wayyôreḏ like the kannᵉhārôt māyim

Grammar Details

*wayyôṣiʾ*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he brought out
*nôzᵉlîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - flowing streams
*missālaʿ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from rock/cliff
*wayyôreḏ*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he caused to run down
*kannᵉhārôt*: preposition + article + noun, masculine plural - like the rivers
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - waters

Word Meanings

*wayyôṣiʾ*: and he brought out/caused to come forth/produced
*nôzᵉlîm*: flowing streams/flowing things/floods
*sālaʿ*: rock/cliff/crag
*wayyôreḏ*: and he caused to run down/sent down/made flow
*nᵉhārôt*: rivers/streams/flowing waters

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 20:8 : 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
Num 20:10-11 : 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
Deut 8:15 : 15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Deut 9:21 : 21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
Ps 105:41 : 41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

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