Psalms 78:44 Go deeper

And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. (KJV)

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וַיַּהֲפֹ֣ךְvai.ya.ha.Fokhand he turned

Lemma: הָפַךְ (ha.phakh) · Strong's: H2015

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to overturn

Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:25, Genesis 19:29, Exodus 7:15, Exodus 7:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2015; TAHOT Psalms 78:44 word 1

לְ֭דָםLe.dominto blood

Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818

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

Meaning: blood

Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Psalms 78:44 word 2

יְאֹרֵיהֶ֑םye.'o.rei.Hemcanals their

Lemma: יְאֹר (ye.or) · Strong's: H2975H

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

Meaning: stream

Used 15 times. Also: 2 Kings 19:24, Job 28:10, Isaiah 7:18, Isaiah 33:21, Isaiah 37:25, Ezekiel 29:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2975H; TAHOT Psalms 78:44 word 3

וְ֝נֹזְלֵיהֶ֗םve.no.ze.lei.Hemand streams their

Lemma: נָזַל (na.zal) · Strong's: H5140

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to flow

Used 16 times. Also: Exodus 15:8, Numbers 24:7, Deuteronomy 32:2, Judges 5:5, Job 36:28, Psalms 78:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5140; TAHOT Psalms 78:44 word 4

בַּל\־bal-not

Lemma: בַּל (bal) · Strong's: H1077

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 68 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1077; TAHOT Psalms 78:44 word 5

יִשְׁתָּיֽוּן\׃yish.ta.Yunthey drank !

Lemma: שָׁתָה (sha.tah) · Strong's: H8354

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to drink

Used 217 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:18, Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:44 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8354; TAHOT Psalms 78:44 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

He turned	→	הָפַךְ H2015 to overturn
their rivers	→	יְאֹר H2975H stream
to blood	→	דָּם H1818 blood
and from their streams	→	נָזַל H5140 to flow
they could not	→	בַּל H1077 not
drink	→	שָׁתָה H8354 to drink

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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