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At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. (KJV)
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מִנֹּ֗גַהּmi.No.gahfrom [the] brightness
Lemma: נֹ֫גַהּ (no.gah) · Strong's: H5051
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: brightness
Used 19 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:13, 2 Samuel 23:4, Proverbs 4:18, Isaiah 4:5, Isaiah 50:10, Isaiah 60:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5051; TAHOT Psalms 18:12 word 1
נֶ֫גְדּ֥וֹneg.Dobefore him
Lemma: נֶ֫גֶד (ne.ged) · Strong's: H5048
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAcmsc)
Meaning: before
Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 31:32, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 33:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5048; TAHOT Psalms 18:12 word 2
עָבָ֥יו'a.Vavdark clouds his
Lemma: עָב (av) · Strong's: H5645
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: cloud
Used 31 times. Also: Exodus 19:9, Judges 5:4, 2 Samuel 22:12, 2 Samuel 23:4, 1 Kings 18:44, 1 Kings 18:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5645; TAHOT Psalms 18:12 word 3
עָבְר֑וּ'a.ve.Ruthey passed on
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Psalms 18:12 word 4
בָּ֝רָ֗דba.Radhail
Lemma: בָּרָד (ba.rad) · Strong's: H1259
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: hail
Used 29 times. Also: Exodus 9:18, Exodus 9:19, Exodus 9:22, Exodus 9:23, Exodus 9:24, Exodus 9:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1259; TAHOT Psalms 18:12 word 5
וְגַֽחֲלֵי\־ve.ga.cha.lei-and coals of
Lemma: גַּחֶ֫לֶת (ge.chel) · Strong's: H1513
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: coal
Used 18 times. Also: Leviticus 16:12, 2 Samuel 14:7, 2 Samuel 22:9, 2 Samuel 22:13, Job 41:21, Psalms 18:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1513; TAHOT Psalms 18:12 word 6
אֵֽשׁ\׃'Eshfire
Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: fire
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Psalms 18:12 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| From the brightness | → | נֹ֫גַהּ H5051 brightness |
| of His presence | → | נֶ֫גֶד H5048 before |
| His clouds | → | עָב H5645 cloud |
| advanced | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| hailstones | → | בָּרָד H1259 hail |
| and coals | → | גַּחֶ֫לֶת H1513 coal |
| of fire | → | אֵשׁ H0784 fire |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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