King James Version

Psalms 78:48

He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

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וַיַּסְגֵּ֣רvayasgerand shutסָגַרconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and shut”, the next action in the storyH5462to shut up; figuratively, to surrenderclose up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.לַבָּרָ֣דlabaradto hailבָּרָדpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to hail”, the ordinary formH1259hailhail(stones).בְּעִירָ֑םbeiramcattleבְּעִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “cattle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1165cattlebeast, cattle.וּ֝מִקְנֵיהֶ֗םumiqneyhemand cattleמִקְנֶהconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and cattle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4735something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisitioncattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.לָרְשָׁפִֽיםlareshafimto arrowרֶשֶׁףpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to arrow”, the ordinary formH7565a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, feverarrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, [phrase] spark, hot thunderbolt.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

Young’s Literal Translation

And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.

World English Bible

He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

Darby Translation

And he delivered up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he gave up their cattle to hail, and their substance to the fire.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τῇ πάχνῃ. Καὶ παρέδωκεν ἐν χαλάζῃ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν, καὶ τὴν ὕπαρξιν αὐτῶν τῷ πυρί.