Psalms 107:16

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Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!	For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.	Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For he hath broken^H7665 the gates^H1817 of brass^H5178, and cut^H1438 the bars^H1280 of iron^H1270 in sunder^H1438.

Original Hebrew

כִּישִׁ־בַּר דַּלְתֹות נְחֹשֶׁת וּבְרִיחֵי בַרְזֶל גִּדֵּעַ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki.Shi-	H3588	HC	for
שִׁ֭בַּר	Shi.bar	H7665	HVpp3ms	he breaks down
דַּלְת֣וֹת	dal.Tot	H1817	HNcfpc	gates of
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת	ne.Cho.shet	H5178	HNcfsa	bronze
וּ/בְרִיחֵ֖י	u./ve.ri.Chei	H1280	HC/Ncmpc	and/ bars of
בַרְזֶ֣ל	var.Zel	H1270	HNcmsa	iron
גִּדֵּֽעַ	gi.De.a'	H1438	HVpp3ms	he cuts down

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1270 — בַּרְזֶל (barzel, bar-zel'): perhaps from the root of בִּרְזוֹת; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement; (ax) head, iron.
H1280 — בְּרִיחַ (bᵉrîyach, ber-ee'-akh): from בָּרַח; a bolt; bar, fugitive.
H1438 — גָּדַע (gâdaʻ, gaw-dah'): a primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything; cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
H1817 — דֶּלֶת (deleth, deh'-leth): from דָּלָה; something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor; door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).
H5178 — נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth, nekh-o'-sheth): for נְחוּשָׁה; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver); brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
H7665 — שָׁבַר (shâbar, shaw-bar'): a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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