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Psalms 78:16

In Psalms 78 of Psalms.

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

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וַיּוֹצִ֣אvayotsiand bring forthיָצָאconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring forth”, the next action in the storyH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…נוֹזְלִ֣יםnozelimdistilנָזַלverb, qal, participle, absolute — “distil”, a verb used as a describing wordH5140to drip, or shed by tricklingdistil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.מִסָּ֑לַעmisalafrom rockסֶלַעpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from rock”, the ordinary formH5553a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.וַיּ֖וֹרֶדvayoredand bring downיָרַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring down”, the next action in the storyH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…כַּנְּהָר֣וֹתkanharotas floodנָהָרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.מָֽיִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

Young’s Literal Translation

And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.

World English Bible

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Darby Translation

And he brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he brought water out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down as rivers.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐξήγαγεν ὕδωρ ἐκ πέτρας, καὶ κατήγαγεν ὡς ποταμοὺς ὕδατα.

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