Psalms 78:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Though he had commanded{H8762)} the clouds from above, and opened{H8804)} the doors of heaven,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְצַ֣ו שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל וְדַלְתֵ֖י שָׁמַ֣יִם פָּתָֽח׃

Transliteration

Yet he wayᵉṣaw šᵉḥāqîm from above mimmāʿal and doors of wᵉḏaltê šāmayim he pātāḥ

Grammar Details

*wayᵉṣaw*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he commanded
*šᵉḥāqîm*: noun, masculine plural - clouds/skies
*mimmāʿal*: preposition + adverb - from above
*wᵉḏaltê*: waw conjunctive + noun, feminine dual construct - and doors/gates of
*šāmayim*: noun, masculine plural - heaven/sky
*pātāḥ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he opened

Word Meanings

*wayᵉṣaw*: and he commanded/ordered/directed
*šᵉḥāqîm*: clouds/skies/heavens
*mimmāʿal*: from above/overhead/in the heights
*ḏaltê*: doors/gates/entrances
*šāmayim*: heaven/sky/heavens
*pātāḥ*: opened/unlocked/set free

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Mal 3:10 : 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
2 Kgs 7:19 : 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

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