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The thick cloudsעָבוֹתpoured outזֹרְמוּwater;מַיִםthe cloudsשְׁחָקִיםgaveנָתְנוּvoice;קוֹלyour arrowsחֲצָצֶיךָalsoאַףwent to and fro.יִתְהַלָּכוּ
Psalms 77:17
Study it in the app“The thick clouds poured out water; the clouds gave voice; your arrows also went to and fro.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 77:17, word by word
- The thick cloudsעָבוֹתavot
thick cloud
A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.
Where else “avot” appears- poured outזֹרְמוּzormu
pour out
To let water down in torrents.
Where else “zormu” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- the cloudsשְׁחָקִיםshechakim
cloud
What floats in the sky and brings rain.
Where else “shechakim” appears- gaveנָתְנוּnatnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natnu” appears- voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- your arrowsחֲצָצֶיchatsatse
arrow
God's arrows in the storm, which are his lightning.
Where else “chatsatse” appears- went to and froיִתְהַלָּכוּyithalachu
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “yithalachu” appears
Translation note
“Your arrows”: it can be understood of the lightning bolts.
The context
16The waters saw you, Elohim; the waters saw you and writhed; the deeps also shuddered.
17 · This verse (above)
18The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind; the lightning flashes lit up the world; the earth shuddered and quaked.