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Psalms 78:23 Interlinear

“Though he had commanded the clouds from above the doors of heaven and opened”

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Psalms 78 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְצַ֣ו	H6680	Though he had commanded	(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
2	שְׁחָקִ֣ים	H7834	the clouds	a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
3	מִמָּ֑עַל	H4605	from above	properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
4	וְדַלְתֵ֖י	H1817	the doors	something swinging, i.e., the valve of a door
5	שָׁמַ֣יִם	H8064	of heaven	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
6	פָּתָֽח׃	H6605	and opened	to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

Psalms 78:23 (current)Though he had commanded the clouds from above the doors of heaven and opened