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Psalm 78

Psa. 78:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hem rained
matar (Hebrew #4305)
to rain
KJV usage: (cause to) rain (upon).
Pronounce: maw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root
flesh
sh'er (Hebrew #7607)
flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
KJV usage: body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
Pronounce: sheh-ayr'
Origin: from 7604
also upon them as dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
, and χfeathered
kanaph (Hebrew #3671)
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bed-clothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
KJV usage: + bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), X flying, + (one an-)other, overspreading, X quarters, skirt, X sort, uttermost part, wing((-ed)).
Pronounce: kaw-nawf'
Origin: from 3670
fowls
`owph (Hebrew #5775)
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
KJV usage: bird, that flieth, flying, fowl.
Pronounce: ofe
Origin: from 5774
like as the sand
chowl (Hebrew #2344)
sand (as round or whirling particles)
KJV usage: sand.
Pronounce: khole
Origin: from 2342
of the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
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Num. 11:18• 18And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. (Num. 11:18)
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fowl of wing.

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Dust,
Flesh,
Fowl,
sand,
Sea

Cross References

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He rained.
Ex. 16:12‑13• 12I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
 13And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. (Ex. 16:12‑13)
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Num. 11:18‑19,32• 18And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
 19Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
 32And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. (Num. 11:18‑19,32)
feathered fowls.
Heb. fowl of wing.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,