Psalm 80:5
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
מָדַד
mâdad
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →מָדַד mâdad
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
Study H4058 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →Cross References
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
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