Hebrew Interlinear

Psalms 18:9 Interlinear

He bowed the heavens also and came down and darkness was under his feet

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#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֵּ֣טH5186He bowedto stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
2שָׁ֭מַיִםH8064the heavensthe 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
3וַיֵּרַ֑דH3381also and came downto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
4וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗לH6205and darknessgloom (as of a lowering sky)
5תַּ֣חַתH8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
6רַגְלָֽיו׃H7272was under his feeta foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

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