KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 2 Samuel 22:16 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the channels” | אֲפִ֣קֵי | Properly, containing, i.e., a tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero | channels |
| “of the sea” | יָ֔ם | 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 | sea |
| “appeared,” | וַיֵּֽרָאוּ֙ | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | appeared |
| “the foundations” | מֹֽסְד֣וֹת | A foundation | foundations |
| “of the world” | תֵּבֵ֑ל | The earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine | world |
| “were discovered,” | יִגָּל֖וּ | To denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal | discovered |
| “at the rebuking” | בְּגַֽעֲרַ֣ת | A chiding | rebuking |
| “of the Lord,” | יְהוָ֔ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “at the blast” | מִנִּשְׁמַ֖ת | A puff, i.e., wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal | blast |
| “of the breath” | ר֥וּחַ | Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) | breath |
| “of his nostrils.” | אַפּֽוֹ׃ | Properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire | nostrils |
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14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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