King James Version
Psalms 78:28 in the King James Version says “And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.”
Psalms 78:28 · King James Version
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.
So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
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“And he let it fall”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“in the midst”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
“of their camp”
H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
“their habitations”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
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