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Psalms 105:41

He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

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פָּ֣תַחpatachopenפָּתַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “open”, a completed actionH6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carveappear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.צ֭וּרtsuredgeצוּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “edge”, the ordinary formH6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also H1049 (בֵּית צוּר).וַיָּז֣וּבוּvayazuvvand have a issueזוּבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and have a issue”, the next action in the storyH2100to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflowflow, gush out, have a (running) issue, pine away, run.מָ֑יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).הָ֝לְכ֗וּhalekhvwalkהָלַךְverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “walk”, a completed actionH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…בַּצִּיּ֥וֹתbatsiotin barrenצִיָּהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in barren”, the ordinary formH6723aridity; concretely, a desertbarren, drought, dry (land, place), solitary place, wilderness.נָהָֽרnaharfloodנָהָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they ran, a river in the dry places.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places like a river.

Young’s Literal Translation

He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places — a river.

World English Bible

He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.

Darby Translation

He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.

Douay-Rheims

And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they ran, a river in the dry places.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He clave the rock, and the waters flowed; rivers ran in dry places.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διέῤῥηξε πέτραν, καὶ ἐῤῥύησαν ὕδατα, ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν ἀνύδροις ποταμοί.