King James Version
Psalms 105:16 in the King James Version says “Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 105 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.”
Psalms 105:16 · KJV
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: he: Heb. his soul came into iron
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Moreover he called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“the whole staff”
H4294a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),
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