He turnsיָשֵׂםriversנְהָרוֹתinto a wilderness,לְמִדְבָּרand springsוּמֹצָאֵיof waterמַיִםinto thirsty ground,לְצִמָּאוֹן
Psalms 107:33
Study it in the app“He turns rivers into a wilderness, and springs of water into thirsty ground,”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Psalms 107:33, word by word
- He turnsיָשֵׂםyasem
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “yasem” appears- riversנְהָרוֹתneharot
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “neharot” appears- into a wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- and springsמֹצָאֵיmotsae
source
The place something comes from, like water welling up.
Where else “motsae” appears- of waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- into thirsty groundצִמָּאוֹןtsimaon
thirsty ground
Thirsty ground, land without water.
Where else “tsimaon” appears
The context
32And let them exalt him in the assembly of the people, and in the seat of the elders praise him.
33 · This verse (above)
34a fruitful land into salt land, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.