Psalms 42:7

“Deep calls to deep at the voice of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves over me have passed.”

Psalms 42:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 42:7, word by word

Deepתְּהוֹםtehom

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 “tehom” appears
callsקוֹרֵאkore

cry out

To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.

Where else “kore” appears
at the voiceקוֹלkol

sound

What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.

Where else “kol” appears
of your waterfallsצִנּוֹרֶיtsinore

waterfall

Torrents crashing down with a roar.

Where else “tsinore” appears
your breakersמִשְׁבָּרֶיmishbare

breaker, wave

A large breaking wave; the breakers of the sea. It is used as an image of an overwhelming danger.

Where else “mishbare” appears
and your wavesגַלֶּיgale

wave

The rising swell of the sea.

Where else “gale” appears
have passedעָבָרוּavaru

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “avaru” appears

The context

6My Elohim, within me my soul is cast down; therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan and of the Hermons, from Mount Mizar.

7 · This verse (above)

8By day YHWH will command his loyal love, and in the night his song is with me, a prayer to the El of my life.

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