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whenאֲשֶׁרhe setשָׂםin Egyptבְּמִצְרַיִםhis signs,אֹתוֹתָיוand his portentsוּמוֹפְתָיוin the fieldבִּשְׂדֵהof Zoan;צֹעַן
Psalms 78:43
Study it in the app“when he set in Egypt his signs, and his portents in the field of Zoan;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:43, word by word
- he setשָׂםsam
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appears- in Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- his signsאֹתוֹתָיototay
miracle
A miracle that shows God's power.
Where else “ototay” appears- and his portentsמוֹפְתָיmoftay
wonder
An astonishing deed of God's power.
Where else “moftay” appears- in 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
Verses 43 to 51 recall the plagues of Egypt (Exodus 7–12).
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
42They did not remember his hand, the day when he ransomed them from the adversary,
43 · This verse (above)
44and he turned into blood their canals, and their torrents, so that they could not drink.