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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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killed.
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Ex. 9:23‑25• 23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
 24So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
 25And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. (Ex. 9:23‑25)
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or, great hailstones.

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Hail,
Sycamore,
Vine; Vineyard

Cross References

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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.
 33He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. (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 the foundation thereof even until now.
 19Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
 20He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
 21And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field.
 22And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
 23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
 24So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
 25And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake 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 for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
 28Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
 29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord's.
 30But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God.
 31And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
 32But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
 33And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
 34And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. (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;