Psalms 105:16
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.”
מַטֶּה
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
לֶחֶם
bread
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לֶחֶם
Bread, food, grain. Lechem. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the soul.
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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שָׁבַר
he broke
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שָׁבַר
to burst (literally or figuratively)
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רָעָב
a famine
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רָעָב
hunger (more or less extensive)
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