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Psalm 78

Psa. 78:47 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He θdestroyed
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
their vines
gephen (Hebrew #1612)
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
KJV usage: vine, tree.
Pronounce: gheh'-fen
Origin: from an unused root meaning to bend
withd hail
barad (Hebrew #1259)
hail
KJV usage: hail ([stones]).
Pronounce: baw-rawd'
Origin: from 1258
, and their sycomore trees
shaqam (Hebrew #8256)
of uncertain derivation; a sycamore (usually the tree)
KJV usage: sycamore (fruit, tree).
Pronounce: shaw-kawm'
Origin: or (feminine) shiqmah {shik-maw'}
with κfrost
chanamal (Hebrew #2602)
perhaps the aphis or plantlouse
KJV usage: frost.
Pronounce: khan-aw-mawl'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
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destroyed.
or, killed.
with hail.
Psa. 105:32‑33• 32He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land;
33And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders.
(Psa. 105:32‑33)
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Ex. 9:18‑34• 18Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since its foundation until now.
19And now send, and secure thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field: all the men and the cattle that are found in the field, and are not brought home--on them the hail shall come down, and they shall die.
20He that feared the word of Jehovah among the bondmen of Pharaoh made his bondmen and his cattle flee into the houses.
21But he that did not regard the word of Jehovah left his bondmen and his cattle in the field.
22And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be hail throughout the land of Egypt, upon men, and upon cattle, and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.
23And Moses stretched out his staff toward the heavens, and Jehovah gave thunder and hail; and the fire ran along the ground; and Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt.
24And there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there had been none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25And the hail smote throughout the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both men and cattle; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
26Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
27And Pharaoh sent, and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is the righteous one, but I and my people are the wicked ones.
28Intreat Jehovah that it may be enough, that there be no more thunder of God and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer!
29And Moses said to him, When I go out of the city, I will spread out my hands to Jehovah: the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah's.
30But as to thee and thy bondmen, I know that ye do not yet fear Jehovah Elohim.
31And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
32But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they were not come out into ear.
33And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to Jehovah; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not any more poured on the earth.
34And Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased, and he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he, and his bondmen.
(Ex. 9:18‑34)
sycamore.From the value of the sycamore in furnishing wood for various uses, from the grateful shade which its wide spreading branches afforded, and on account of the fruit, which Mr. Maillet says the Egyptians hold in the highest estimation, we may conceive somewhat of the loss they sustained when "their vines were destroyed with hail; and their sycamore trees with frost."
See Note on 1 Ch 27:28.frost.
or, great hailstones.

J. N. Darby Translation

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He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;