Psalm 81:7
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
צָרָה
tsârâh
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
בָּחַן
bâchan
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
מְרִיבָה
Mᵉrîybâh
Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert
Key Terms in This Verse
קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →בָּחַן bâchan
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
Study H974 →סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →צָרָה tsârâh
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
Study H6869 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →עָנָה ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Study H6030 →Cross References
And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage...
This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
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