Psalm 147:18
Strong's Lexicon
He sends forth
יִשְׁלַ֣ח (yiš·laḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

His word
דְּבָר֣וֹ (də·ḇā·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

and melts them;
וְיַמְסֵ֑ם (wə·yam·sêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4529: 1) to melt, dissolve, be liquefied 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to melt, cause to dissolve, consume, cause to vanish 1a2) to intimidate (fig)

He unleashes
יַשֵּׁ֥ב (yaš·šêḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5380: 1) to blow 1a) (Qal) to blow 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to blow 1b2) to disperse, to drive away

His winds,
ר֝וּח֗וֹ (rū·ḥōw)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit 1a) breath 1b) wind 1b1) of heaven 1b2) quarter (of wind), side 1b3) breath of air 1b4) air, gas 1b5) vain, empty thing 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation) 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour 1c2) courage 1c3) temper, anger 1c4) impatience, patience 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented) 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse 1c7) prophetic spirit 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals) 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion) 1e1) desire 1e2) sorrow, trouble 1f) spirit 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts 1f2) rarely of the will 1f3) as seat especially of moral character 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts 1g5) as energy of life 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

and the waters
מָֽיִם׃ (mā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

flow.
יִזְּלוּ־ (yiz·zə·lū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5140: 1) to flow, distil, flow forth or down, trickle, drop 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to flow 1a1a) streams, floods (participle) 1a2) to distil 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to flow

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.

Young's Literal Translation
He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow—the waters flow.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He sends His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.

New American Standard Bible
He sends forth His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

King James Bible
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, [and] the waters flow.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.

New Living Translation
Then, at his command, it all melts. He sends his winds, and the ice thaws.

English Standard Version
He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.

New American Standard Bible
He sends forth His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

King James Bible
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He sends His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.

International Standard Version
He sends out his word and melts them. He makes his wind blow and the water flows.

NET Bible
He then orders it all to melt; he breathes on it, and the water flows.

American Standard Version
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

English Revised Version
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Young's Literal Translation
He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow -- the waters flow.
















Cross References
Psalm 33:9
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

Psalm 107:20
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

Psalm 107:25
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

Psalm 147:15
He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 147:17
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

Psalm 147:16
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

Psalm 147:19
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

Psalm 147:20
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm 148:1
Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
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