The Meaning of Psalms 107:16 Explained

Psalms 107:16

KJV: For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

YLT: For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut.

Darby: For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron.

ASV: For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For he hath broken  the gates  of brass,  and cut  the bars  of iron  in sunder. 

What does Psalms 107:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Psalms 107

1  The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence
4  Over travelers
10  Over captives
17  Over sick men
23  Over sailors
33  And in diverse varieties of life

What do the individual words in Psalms 107:16 mean?

for He has broken the gates of bronze and the bars of iron cut in two
כִּֽי־ שִׁ֭בַּר דַּלְת֣וֹת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וּבְרִיחֵ֖י בַרְזֶ֣ל גִּדֵּֽעַ

שִׁ֭בַּר  He  has  broken 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁבוּר 
Sense: to break, break in pieces.
דַּלְת֣וֹת  the  gates 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: דַּל 
Sense: door, gate.
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת  of  bronze 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְחֹשֶׁת 
Sense: copper, bronze.
וּבְרִיחֵ֖י  and  the  bars 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בְּרִיחַ  
Sense: bar.
בַרְזֶ֣ל  of  iron 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּרְזֶל  
Sense: iron.
גִּדֵּֽעַ  cut  in  two 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּדַע  
Sense: to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off.

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