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And he struckוַיַּךְeveryכָּלfirstbornבְּכוֹרin Egypt,בְּמִצְרָיִםthe beginningרֵאשִׁיתof vigorאוֹנִיםin the tentsבְּאָהֳלֵיof Ham.חָם
Psalms 78:51
Study it in the app“And he struck every firstborn in Egypt, the beginning of vigor in the tents of Ham.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:51, word by word
- And he struckיַּךְyach
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “yach” appears- firstbornבְּכוֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears- in Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- the beginningרֵאשִׁיתreshit
beginning
The beginning: "in the beginning".
Where else “reshit” appears- of vigorאוֹנִיםonim
vigor
A person's strength.
Where else “onim” appears- in the tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears- of Hamחָםcham
Ham
Ham, one of the three sons of Noah, father of Canaan, Cush and Mizraim; also his descendants and their land.
Where else “cham” appears
Translation note
“The beginning of vigor”: the first son, fruit of the father’s strength (Genesis 49:3). “Ham”: ancestor of the Egyptians (Genesis 10:6).
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
50He leveled a path for his anger; he did not hold back their soul from death, and their life to the pestilence he gave over.
51 · This verse (above)
52And he made his people set out like sheep, and drove them like a flock in the wilderness.