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Psalms 114:5 — King James Version← Study notes

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?


Psalms 114:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 114:58 words
HebrewMeaning
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
לְּ/ךָ֣ləkā
pron
הַ֭/יָּםhayām
O seaparticleH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
כִּ֣יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תָנ֑וּסtānws
you will fleeverbH5127
abate · be displayed · flee (away · -ing) ···
הַ֝/יַּרְדֵּ֗ןhayarədēn
O JordanparticleH3383
תִּסֹּ֥בtisōb
you will turn aroundverbH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
לְ/אָחֽוֹרləʾāḥwōr
to backwardspronH268
back (part · -side · -ward) · hereafter ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 114:5

1. The river Jordan, when they were entering across it into the land of promise, when touched by the feet of the priests who bore the Ark, stood still from above with bridled stream, while it flowed down from below, where it ran on into the sea, until the whole people passed over, the priests standing on the dry ground. Joshua 3:15-17 We know these things, but yet we should not imagine in this Psalm, to which we have now answered by chanting Allelujah, that it is the purpose…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 114
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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