King James Version
Psalms 105:41 in the King James Version says “He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 105 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.”
Psalms 105:41 · KJV
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: gladness: Heb. singing
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He opened”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
“the rock”
H6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
“gushed out”
H2100to flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow
“they ran”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“like a river”
H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the nile, euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
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