Hebrew Interlinear
Psalms 18:9 Interlinear
“He bowed the heavens also and came down and darkness was under his feet”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיֵּ֣ט | H5186 | He bowed | to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) |
| 2 | שָׁ֭מַיִם | H8064 | the heavens | the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r |
| 3 | וַיֵּרַ֑ד | H3381 | also and came down | to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau |
| 4 | וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל | H6205 | and darkness | gloom (as of a lowering sky) |
| 5 | תַּ֣חַת | H8478 | the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | |
| 6 | רַגְלָֽיו׃ | H7272 | was under his feet | a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda |
Verse Context
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Psalms 18:9 (current)He bowed the heavens also and came down and darkness was under his feet
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