Psalms 80:9

“You cleared the ground before it, and it struck its roots and filled the land.”

Psalms 80:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 80:9, word by word

You cleared the groundפִּנִּיתָpinita

clear

To clear a place for someone about to come in.

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before itפָנֶיfane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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and it struckתַּשְׁרֵשׁtashresh

take root

To take hold in the ground by sending out roots, like a plant that prospers.

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its rootsשָׁרָשֶׁיsharashe

root

The part of a plant under the ground that holds it up and feeds it.

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and filledתְּמַלֵּאtemale

fill

To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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The context

8A vine out of Egypt you pulled up; you drove out nations and planted it.

9 · This verse (above)

10The mountains were covered with its shade, and with its boughs the cedars of El.

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