Psalms 74:14 Go deeper

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. (KJV)

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אַתָּ֣ה'a.Tahyou

Lemma: אַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H0859A

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Singular (HPp2ms)

Meaning: you(m.s.)

Used 739 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 4:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0859A; TAHOT Psalms 74:14 word 1

רִ֭צַּצְתָּRi.tzatz.tayou crushed

Lemma: רָצַץ (ra.tsats) · Strong's: H7533

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpp2ms)

Meaning: to crush

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 25:22, Deuteronomy 28:33, Judges 9:53, Judges 10:8, 1 Samuel 12:3, 1 Samuel 12:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7533; TAHOT Psalms 74:14 word 2

רָאשֵׁ֣יra.Shei[the] heads of

Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: head

Used 282 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7218A; TAHOT Psalms 74:14 word 3

לִוְיָתָ֑ןliv.ya.TanLeviathan

Lemma: לִוְיָתָן (liv.ya.tan) · Strong's: H3882

Parsing: Noun · Title · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNtmsa)

Meaning: Leviathan

Used 6 times. Also: Job 3:8, Job 41:1, Psalms 104:26, Isaiah 27:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3882; TAHOT Psalms 74:14 word 4

תִּתְּנֶ֥נּוּti.te.Ne.nuyou gave it

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to give: give

Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Psalms 74:14 word 5

מַ֝אֲכָ֗לma.'a.Khalfood

Lemma: מַאֲכָל (ma.a.khal) · Strong's: H3978

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: food

Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:21, Genesis 40:17, Leviticus 19:23, Deuteronomy 20:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3978; TAHOT Psalms 74:14 word 6

לְעָ֣םle.'Amto a people

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971L

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: people: creatures

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5971L; TAHOT Psalms 74:14 word 7

לְצִיִּֽים\׃le.tzi.Yimto desert-dwellers

Lemma: צִי (tsiy.yi) · Strong's: H6728

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: wild beast

Used 6 times. Also: Psalms 72:9, Isaiah 13:21, Isaiah 23:13, Isaiah 34:14, Jeremiah 50:39 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6728; TAHOT Psalms 74:14 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

You	→	אַתָּ֫ה H0859A you(m.s.)
crushed	→	רָצַץ H7533 to crush
the heads	→	רֹאשׁ H7218A head
of Leviathan	→	לִוְיָתָן H3882 Leviathan
You fed him	→	נָתַן H5414G to give: give
. . .	→	מַאֲכָל H3978 food
to the creatures	→	עַם H5971L people: creatures
of the desert	→	צִי H6728 wild beast

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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