Psalms 78:27 Go deeper

He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: (KJV)

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וַיַּמְטֵ֬רvai.yam.Terand he rained down

Lemma: מָטַר (ma.tar) · Strong's: H4305

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to rain

Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 19:24, Exodus 9:18, Exodus 9:23, Exodus 16:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4305; TAHOT Psalms 78:27 word 1

עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם'a.lei.Hemon them

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Psalms 78:27 word 2

כֶּעָפָ֣רke.'a.Farlike <the> dust

Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083

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

Meaning: dust

Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6083; TAHOT Psalms 78:27 word 3

שְׁאֵ֑רshe.'Ermeat

Lemma: שְׁאֵר (she.er) · Strong's: H7607

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

Meaning: flesh

Used 16 times. Also: Exodus 21:10, Leviticus 18:6, Leviticus 18:12, Leviticus 18:13, Leviticus 20:19, Leviticus 21:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7607; TAHOT Psalms 78:27 word 4

וּֽכְח֥וֹלu.khe.Choland like [the] sand of

Lemma: חוֹל (chol) · Strong's: H2344

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: sand

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 2:12, Deuteronomy 33:19, Joshua 11:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2344; TAHOT Psalms 78:27 word 5

יַ֝מִּ֗יםya.Mim[the] seas

Lemma: יָם (yam) · Strong's: H3220G

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

Meaning: sea

Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3220G; TAHOT Psalms 78:27 word 6

ע֣וֹףofbird[s] of

Lemma: עוֹף (oph) · Strong's: H5775

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: bird

Used 71 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5775; TAHOT Psalms 78:27 word 7

כָּנָֽף\׃ka.Nafwing

Lemma: כָּנָף (ka.naph) · Strong's: H3671

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: wing

Used 107 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 7:14, Exodus 19:4, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 37:9, Leviticus 1:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3671; TAHOT Psalms 78:27 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

He rained	→	מָטַר H4305 to rain
meat	→	שְׁאֵר H7607 flesh
on them	→	עַל H5921A upon
like dust	→	עָפָר H6083 dust
and winged	→	כָּנָף H3671 wing
birds	→	עוֹף H5775 bird
like the sand	→	חוֹל H2344 sand
of the sea	→	יָם H3220G sea

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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