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Psalm 114

Psa. 114:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whichv turned
haphak (Hebrew #2015)
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
KJV usage: X become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
Pronounce: haw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
the rock
tsuwr (Hebrew #6697)
from 6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
KJV usage: edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong. See also 1049.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: or tsur {tsoor}
into a standing
'agam (Hebrew #98)
a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
KJV usage: pond, pool, standing (water).
Pronounce: ag-am'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to collect as water)
water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
, the flint
challamiysh (Hebrew #2496)
flint
KJV usage: flint(-y), rock.
Pronounce: klal-law-meesh'
Origin: probably from 2492 (in the sense of hardness)
into a fountain
ma`yan (Hebrew #4599)
or (feminine) ma yanah {mah-yaw-naw'}; from 5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
KJV usage: fountain, spring, well.
Pronounce: mah-yawn'
Origin: or ma ynow (Psa. 114:8) {mah-yen-o'}
of waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
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Ex. 17:6• 6Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock on Horeb; and thou shalt strike the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel. (Ex. 17:6)
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Num. 20:11• 11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod smote the rock twice, and much water came out, and the assembly drank, and their beasts. (Num. 20:11)

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Flint,
Fountain,
Rock

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 78:15‑16• 15He clave rocks in the wilderness,{HR}And gave drink as the depths abundantly,
 16He brought streams from the rock (crag){HR}And caused waters to come down like the rivers. (Psa. 78:15‑16)
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Psa. 105:41• 41He opened a rock, and waters gushed forth;{HR}They ran in the dry places, a river. (Psa. 105:41)
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Psa. 107:35• 35He turneth a wilderness to a pool of water{HR}And a dry land to water-springs. (Psa. 107:35)
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Ex. 17:6• 6Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock on Horeb; and thou shalt strike the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel. (Ex. 17:6)
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Num. 20:11• 11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod smote the rock twice, and much water came out, and the assembly drank, and their beasts. (Num. 20:11)
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Deut. 8:15• 15who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, a wilderness of fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there is no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; (Deut. 8:15)
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Neh. 9:15• 15And thou gavest them bread from the heavens for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst say to them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. (Neh. 9:15)
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1 Cor. 10:4• 4and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking of a spiritual attendant rock (and the rock was Christ); (1 Cor. 10:4)
• His power and grace bring refreshment and life out of what seems to man hopeless and most opposed. Dependence and confidence in Him—such is the peaceful path of faith. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 114-118” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

W. Kelly Translation

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Turning the rock [into] a pool of water,{HR}The flint to a spring of waters.