King James Version
Psalms 78:71 in the King James Version says “From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. following:...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. following: Heb. after”
Psalms 78:71 · KJV
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. established: Heb. founded
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds :
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. following: Heb. after
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“From following”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“him to feed”
H7462to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie
“his people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“his inheritance”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
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