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Psalm 129

Psa. 129:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The plowers
charash (Hebrew #2790)
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Pronounce: khaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
plowed
charash (Hebrew #2790)
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Pronounce: khaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
upon my back
gab (Hebrew #1354)
the back (as rounded (compare 1460 and 1479); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
KJV usage: back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye)brows, nave, ring.
Pronounce: gab
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve
: they made long
'arak (Hebrew #748)
to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-)long, + (out-, over-)live, tarry (long).
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
their furrows
ma`anah (Hebrew #4618)
a furrow
KJV usage: + acre, furrow.
Pronounce: mah-an-aw'
Origin: from 6031, in the sense of depression or tilling
ma`anah (Hebrew #4618)
a furrow
KJV usage: + acre, furrow.
Pronounce: mah-an-aw'
Origin: from 6031, in the sense of depression or tilling
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To Plough; To Plow

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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The plowers.
Psa. 141:7• 7Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. (Psa. 141:7)
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Isa. 51:23• 23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over. (Isa. 51:23)
• These afflictions, including the attack by the King of the North and his armies (Dan. 11:40-43, Ps. 73:18-19, Ps. 74:1-8, Ps. 75:3, Ps. 79:1-3, Ps. 80:12-16) have been used of God to produce the necessary repentance (of which “plowing” speaks) in His people (vs. 1-3). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.