Psalms 33:7

“He gathers like a heap the waters of the sea; he puts in storehouses the deeps.”

Psalms 33:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 33:7, word by word

He gathersכֹּנֵסkones

gather

To gather: to bring people or things together in one place.

Where else “kones” appears
like a heapנֵּדned

heap

Heap, wall: water that rises like a wall.

Where else “ned” appears
the watersמֵיme

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “me” appears
of the seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

Where else “yam” appears
he putsנֹתֵןnoten

put

To place something somewhere.

Where else “noten” appears
in storehousesאֹצָרוֹתotsarot

storehouse

The place where valuables are kept.

Where else “otsarot” appears
the deepsתְּהוֹמוֹתtehomot

the deep

The deep waters: the deep sea, the ocean, and the waters under the earth. In the Hebrew Bible it is not a place of punishment or the place of the dead.

Where else “tehomot” appears

The context

6By the word of YHWH the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their army.

7 · This verse (above)

8Let all the earth fear YHWH; of him let all the inhabitants of the world be afraid.

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