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Psalms 78:20 Interlinear

Behold he smote the rock gushed out that the waters and the streams overflowed bread also can he give he provide flesh for his people

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1הֵ֤ןH2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
2הִכָּהH5221Behold he smoteto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
3צ֨וּר׀H6697the rockproperly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
4וַיָּז֣וּבוּH2100gushed outto flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow
5מַיִם֮H4325that the waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
6וּנְחָלִ֪יםH5158and the streamsa stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
7יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּH7857overflowedto gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
8הֲגַםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
9לֶ֭חֶםH3899breadfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
10י֣וּכַלH3201also canto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
11תֵּ֑תH5414he giveto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
12אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
13יָכִ֖יןH3559he provideproperly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
14שְׁאֵ֣רH7607fleshflesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
15לְעַמּֽוֹ׃H5971for his peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

Verse Context

Psalms 78:19Yea they spake against God they said Can God furnish...
Psalms 78:20 (current) Behold he smote the rock gushed out that the waters and the streams overflowed bread also can he give he provide flesh for his people
Psalms 78:21 heard Therefore the LORD this and was wroth so a fire was kindled...

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