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Youאַתָּהopenedבָקַעְתָּspringמַעְיָןand brook;וָנָחַלyouאַתָּהdried upהוֹבַשְׁתָּconstantאֵיתָןrivers.נַהֲרוֹת
Psalms 74:15
Study it in the app“You opened spring and brook; you dried up constant rivers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 74:15, word by word
- openedבָקַעְתָּvakata
split
To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.
Where else “vakata” appears- springמַעְיָןmayan
spring, fountain
Spring, fountain of water; figuratively, a source.
Where else “mayan” appears- and brookנָחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- dried upהוֹבַשְׁתָּhovashta
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “hovashta” appears- constantאֵיתָןetan
ever-flowing
That always flows, like a river.
Where else “etan” appears- riversנַהֲרוֹתnaharot
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “naharot” appears
Translation note
“Constant rivers”: rivers that never stop flowing (compare the Jordan, Joshua 3:16-17).
The context
14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food to the people of the desert dwellers.
15 · This verse (above)
16Yours is the day, yours also the night; you established the luminary and the sun.