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Psalms 76:4

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There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.	Thou [art] more glorious [and] excellent than the mountains of prey.	The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thou art more glorious^H215 and excellent^H117 than the mountains^H2042 of prey^H2964.

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Original Hebrew

מָּה שִׁבַּר רִשְׁפֵי־קָשֶׁת מָגֵן וְחֶרֶב וּמִלְחָמָה סֶלָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
שָׁ֭מָּ/ה	Sha.ma/h	H8033	HD/Sd	there/ (towards)
שִׁבַּ֣ר	shi.Bar	H7665	HVpp3ms	he shattered
רִשְׁפֵי	rish.fei-	H7565	HNcmpc	flames of
קָ֑שֶׁת	Ka.shet	H7198	HNcfsa	a bow
מָגֵ֬ן	ma.Gen	H4043	HNcbsa	shield
וְ/חֶ֖רֶב	ve./Che.rev	H2719	HC/Ncfsa	and/ sword
וּ/מִלְחָמָ֣ה	u./mil.cha.Mah	H4421	HC/Ncfsa	and/ battle
סֶֽלָה	Se.lah	H5542	HTj	Selah

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

Strong's References

• H117 — אַדִּיר (ʼaddîyr, ad-deer'): from אָדַר; wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful; excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.
• H215 — אוֹר (ʼôwr, ore): a primitive root; to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically); [idiom] break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
• H2042 — הָרָר (hârâr, haw-rawr'): from an unused root meaning to loom up; a mountain; hill, mount(-ain).
• H2964 — טֶרֶף (ṭereph, teh'-ref): from טָרַף; something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food; leaf, meat, prey, spoil.

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

• H2719 — חֶרֶב (chereb, kheh'-reb): from חָרַב; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement; axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
• H4043 — מָגֵן (mâgên, maw-gane'): also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה; from גָּנַן; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile; [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.
• H4421 — מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'): from לָחַם (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare); battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
• H5542 — סֶלָה (çelâh, seh'-law): from סָלָה; suspension (of music), i.e. pause; Selah.
• H7198 — קֶשֶׁת (qesheth, keh'-sheth): from קָשָׁה in the original sense (of קוֹשׁ) of bending; a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris; [idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).
• H7565 — רֶשֶׁף (resheph, reh'-shef): from שָׂרַף; a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever; arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, [phrase] spark, hot thunderbolt.
• 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).
• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• mountains — Jeremiah 4:7, Ezekiel 19:1-4, Ezekiel 19:6, Ezekiel 38:12-13, Daniel 7:4-8, Daniel 7:17-28

Reciprocal references (3): Psalms 18:3, Daniel 7:3, Revelation 7:9

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