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And he commandedוַיְצַוthe cloudsשְׁחָקִיםabove,מִמָּעַלand the doorsוְדַלְתֵיof the heavensשָׁמַיִםhe opened,פָּתָח
Psalms 78:23
Study it in the app“And he commanded the clouds above, and the doors of the heavens he opened,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:23, word by word
- And he commandedיְצַוyetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appears- the cloudsשְׁחָקִיםshechakim
cloud
What floats in the sky and brings rain.
Where else “shechakim” appears- aboveמָּעַלmaal
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “maal” appears- and the doorsדַלְתֵיdalte
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “dalte” appears- of the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- he openedפָּתָחpatach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “patach” appears
The context
22because they did not believe in Elohim, nor trust in his salvation.
23 · This verse (above)
24and rained down upon them manna to eat, and the grain of the heavens he gave them.