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Forכִּיhe has brokenשִׁבַּרdoorsדַּלְתוֹתof bronze,נְחֹשֶׁתand barsוּבְרִיחֵיof ironבַרְזֶלhe has cut through.גִּדֵּעַ
Psalms 107:16
Study it in the app“For he has broken doors of bronze, and bars of iron he has cut through.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 107:16, word by word
- he has brokenשִׁבַּרshibar
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shibar” appears- doorsדַּלְתוֹתdaltot
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “daltot” appears- of bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appears- and barsבְרִיחֵיveriche
bolt
The piece that locks a door shut.
Where else “veriche” appears- of ironבַרְזֶלvarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “varzel” appears- he has cut throughגִּדֵּעַgidea
cut down, hew
Cut down: fell a tree or a pole; also to cut off or break.
Where else “gidea” appears
The context
15Let them give thanks to YHWH for his loyal love, and for his wonders toward human beings.
16 · This verse (above)
17Fools, because of the way of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted.