Psalm 78:44
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
And turnedוַיַּהֲפֹ֣ךְ
(vai·ya·ha·foch)
2015: to turn, overturna prim. root
their riversיְאֹרֵיהֶ֑ם
(ye·'o·rei·hem;)
2975: stream (of the Nile), stream, canalof foreign origin
to blood,לְ֭דָם
(le·dam)
1818: blooda prim. root
And their streams,וְ֝נֹזְלֵיהֶ֗ם
(ve·no·ze·lei·hem)
5140: to flow, trickle, drop, distilla prim. root
they could not drink.יִשְׁתָּיֽוּן׃
(yish·tai·un.)
8354: to drinka prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And had turned
haphak  (haw-fak')
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
their rivers
y`or  (yeh-ore')
brook, flood, river, stream.
into blood
dam  (dawm)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
and their floods
nazal  (naw-zal')
to drip, or shed by trickling -- distil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.
that they could not drink
shathah  (shaw-thaw')
to imbibe -- assuredly, banquet, certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (-ard), surely.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And turned their rivers to blood, And their streams, they could not drink.

King James Bible
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He turned their rivers into blood, and they could not drink from their streams.

International Standard Version
He turned their rivers into blood and made their streams undrinkable.

NET Bible
He turned their rivers into blood, and they could not drink from their streams.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he turned their rivers to blood, and their streams, that they would not drink the waters.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He turned their rivers into blood so that they could not drink from their streams.

King James 2000 Bible
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their streams, that they could not drink.
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