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and he turnedוַיַּהֲפֹךְinto bloodלְדָםtheir canals,יְאֹרֵיהֶםand their torrents,וְנֹזְלֵיהֶםso that they could notבַּלdrink.יִשְׁתָּיוּן
Psalms 78:44
Study it in the app“and he turned into blood their canals, and their torrents, so that they could not drink.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:44, word by word
- and he turnedיַּהֲפֹךְyahafoch
change
To change something into something else.
Where else “yahafoch” appears- into bloodדָםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- their canalsיְאֹרֵיyeore
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeore” appears- and their torrentsנֹזְלֵיnozle
stream
Streams of water that run over the land.
Where else “nozle” appears- so that they could notבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears- drinkיִשְׁתָּיוּyishtayu
drink
Drink.
Where else “yishtayu” appears
Places in this verse
Nile
Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean
Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).
The context
43when he set in Egypt his signs, and his portents in the field of Zoan;
44 · This verse (above)
45He sent among them swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that destroyed them.