Psalms 78:23

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Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:	Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,	And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Though he had commanded^H6680 the clouds^H7834 from above^H4605, and opened^H6605 the doors^H1817 of heaven^H8064,

Original Hebrew

וַיְצַו שְׁחָקִים מִמָּעַל וְדַלְתֵי שָׁמַיִם פָּתָח׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְצַ֣ו	va/y.Tzav	H6680	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he commanded
שְׁחָקִ֣ים	she.cha.Kim	H7834	HNcmpa	clouds
מִ/מָּ֑עַל	mi./Ma.'al	H4605	HR/D	(from)/ above
וְ/דַלְתֵ֖י	ve./dal.Tei	H1817	HC/Ncfdc	and/ (the) doors of
שָׁמַ֣יִם	sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HNcmpa	heaven
פָּתָֽח	pa.Tach	H6605	HVqp3ms	he opened

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

Strong's References

H1817 — דֶּלֶת (deleth, deh'-leth): from דָּלָה; something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor; door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).
H4605 — מַעַל (maʻal, mah'al): from עָלָה; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.; above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
H6605 — פָּתַח (pâthach, paw-thakh'): a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve; appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
H6680 — צָוָה (tsâvâh, tsaw-vaw'): a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin; appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
H7834 — שַׁחַק (shachaq, shakh'-ak): from שָׁחַק; a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament; cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

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Related Topics

Nave’s: BLESSING, GOD, METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA, MIRACLES, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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