King James Version

Psalms 78:47

He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

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יַהֲרֹ֣גyaharogdestroyהָרַגverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH2026to smite with deadly intentdestroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.בַּבָּרָ֣דbabaradin hailבָּרָדpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in hail”, the ordinary formH1259hailhail(stones).גַּפְנָ֑םgafnamvineגֶּפֶןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “vine”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1612a vine (as twining), especially the grapevine, tree.וְ֝שִׁקְמוֹתָ֗םveshiqmotamand sycamoreשִׁקְמָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and sycamore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8256a sycamore (usually the tree)sycamore (fruit, tree).בַּֽחֲנָמַֽלbachanamalin frostחֲנָמָלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in frost”, the ordinary formH2602perhaps the aphis or plantlousefrost.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.

Young’s Literal Translation

He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,

World English Bible

He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.

Darby Translation

He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamores with frost.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν χαλάζῃ τὴν ἄμπελον αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς συκαμίνους αὐτῶν ἐν