King James Version
Psalms 114:5 in the King James Version says “What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 114 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?”
Psalms 114:5 · KJV
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs .
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs ?
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“What ailed thee O thou sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that thou fleddest”
H5127to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
“that thou wast driven”
H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
“back”
H268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the west
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