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Psalm 74

Psa. 74:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou brakest
ratsats (Hebrew #7533)
to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.
Pronounce: raw-tsats'
Origin: a primitive root
the heads
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
of leviathan
livyathan (Hebrew #3882)
a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea- monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Bab.
KJV usage: leviathan, mourning.
Pronounce: liv-yaw-thawn'
Origin: from 3867
in pieces, and gavest
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
him to be meat
ma'akal (Hebrew #3978)
an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
KJV usage: food, fruit, ((bake-)) meat(-s), victual.
Pronounce: mah-ak-awl'
Origin: from 398
h to the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
inhabiting the wilderness
tsiyiy (Hebrew #6728)
a desert-dweller, i.e. nomad or wild beast
KJV usage: wild beast of the desert, that dwell in (inhabiting) the wilderness.
Pronounce: tsee-ee'
Origin: from the same as 6723
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Num. 14:9• 9only rebel not against Jehovah; and fear not the people of the land; for they shall be our food. Their defence is departed from them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not. (Num. 14:9)

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Cross References

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leviathan.
Psa. 104:25‑26• 25Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.
 26There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein. (Psa. 104:25‑26)
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Job 3:8• 8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan; (Job 3:8)
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Job 3•  (Job 3)
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Job 41:1‑34• 1Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
 2Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
 3Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?
 4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?
 5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
 6Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?
 7Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?
 8Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle,--do no more!
 9Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
 10None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?
 11Who hath first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
 12I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
 13Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?
 14Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
 15The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
 16One is so near to another that no air can come between them;
 17They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.
 18His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
 19Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:
 20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.
 21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
 22In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.
 23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.
 24His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether millstone.
 25When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.
 26If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.
 27He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
 28The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
 29Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
 30His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
 31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;
 32He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.
 33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
 34He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts. (Job 41:1‑34)
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Isa. 27:1• 1In that day Jehovah, with his sore and great and strong sword, will visit leviathan the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea. (Isa. 27:1)
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Rev. 20:2• 2And he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, (Rev. 20:2)
meat.
Psa. 72:9• 9The dwellers in the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust. (Psa. 72:9)
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Ex. 12:35‑36• 35And the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked of the Egyptians utensils of silver, and utensils of gold, and clothing.
 36And Jehovah had given the people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians, and they gave to them; and they spoiled the Egyptians. (Ex. 12:35‑36)
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Ex. 14:30• 30Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea-shore. (Ex. 14:30)
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Num. 14:9• 9only rebel not against Jehovah; and fear not the people of the land; for they shall be our food. Their defence is departed from them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not. (Num. 14:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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*Thou* didst break in pieces the heads of leviathanh, thou gavest him to be meat to thosei that people the desert.

JND Translation Notes

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As Job 3.8.
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i.e. the wild beasts.