Psalm 77:17
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָב
ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
יָצַק
yâtsaq
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
שַׁחַק
shachaq
a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
חֵץ
chêts
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Key Terms in This Verse
שַׁחַק shachaq
a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
Study H7834 →חֵץ chêts
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
Study H2671 →עָב ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
Study H5645 →פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →יָצַק yâtsaq
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
Study H3332 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
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