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Psalms 18:16

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Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.	He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.	He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He sent^H7971 from above^H4791, he took^H3947 me, he drew^H4871 me out of many^H7227 waters^H4325.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֵּרָאוּ ׀ אֲפִיקֵי מַיִם וַיִּגָּלוּ מֹוסְדֹות תֵּבֵל מִגַּעֲרָתְךָ יְהוָה מִנִּשְׁמַת רוּחַ אַפֶּךָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֵּ֤רָא֨וּ	va/i.Ye.ra.'U	H7200	HC/VNw3mp	and/ they appeared
אֲפִ֥יקֵי	'a.Fi.kei	H650	HNcmpc	channels of
מַ֗יִם	Ma.yim	H4325	HNcmpa	water
וַֽ/יִּגָּלוּ֮	va/i.yi.ga.Lu	H1540	HC/VNw3mp	and/ they were uncovered
מוֹסְד֪וֹת	mos.Dot	H4146	HNcbpc	(the) foundations of
תֵּ֫בֵ֥ל	te.Vel	H8398	HNcfsa	(the) world
מִ/גַּעֲרָ֣תְ/ךָ֣	mi./ga.'a.Ra.te./kha	H1606	HR/Ncfsc/Sp2ms	from/ rebuke/ your
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	O Yahweh
מִ֝/נִּשְׁמַ֗ת	mi./nish.Mat	H5397	HR/Ncfsc	from/ (the) breath of
ר֣וּחַ	Ru.ach	H7307	HNcbsc	(the) breath of
אַפֶּֽ/ךָ	'a.Pe./kha	H639	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	nostril(s)/ your

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

Strong's References

• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H4791 — מָרוֹם (mârôwm, maw-rome'): from רוּם; altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft); (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
• H4871 — מָשָׁה (mâshâh, maw-shaw'): a primitive root; to pull out (literally or figuratively); draw(out).
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

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

• H639 — אַף (ʼaph, af): from אָנַף; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire; anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.
• H650 — אָפִיק (ʼâphîyq, aw-feek'): from אָסַף; properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or a hero; brook, channel, mighty, river, [phrase] scale, stream, strong piece.
• H1540 — גָּלָה (gâlâh, gaw-law'): a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal; [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
• H1606 — גְּעָרָה (gᵉʻârâh, gheh-aw-raw'): from גָּעַר; a chiding; rebuke(-ing), reproof.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H4146 — מוֹסָדָה (môwçâdâh, mo-saw-daw'): or מֹסָדָה; feminine of מוֹסָד; a foundation; foundation.
• H5397 — נְשָׁמָה (nᵉshâmâh, nesh-aw-maw'): from נָשַׁם; a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal; blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
• H8398 — תֵּבֵל (têbêl, tay-bale'): from יָבַל; the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine; habitable part, world.

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