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Beforeנֶגֶדtheir fathersאֲבוֹתָםhe didעָשָׂהwondersפֶלֶאin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםthe fieldשְׂדֵהof Zoan.צֹעַן
Psalms 78:12
Study it in the app“Before their fathers he did wonders in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:12, word by word
- Beforeנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- he didעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- wondersפֶלֶאfele
wonder
Wonder: something only God can do.
Where else “fele” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- the fieldשְׂדֵהsede
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sede” appears- of Zoanצֹעַןtsoan
Zoan
Zoan, an ancient city of Egypt, in the Nile delta.
Where else “tsoan” appears
Translation note
“Zoan”: a city of the Nile delta, in the north of Egypt.
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
11And they forgot his deeds, and his wonders that he had shown them.
12 · This verse (above)
13He split the sea and brought them through, and made the waters stand like a heap.