King James Version
Psalms 78:26 in the King James Version says “He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. to blow: Heb. to go” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. to blow: Heb. to go”
Psalms 78:26 · KJV
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. Man: or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. to blow: Heb. to go
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: feathered: Heb. fowl of wing
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He caused an east wind”
H6921the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the east (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
“in the heaven”
H8064the 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
“he brought in”
H5090to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh
“and by his power”
H5797strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
“the south wind”
H8486the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)
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