Psalms 124:4
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:”
נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
עָבַר
it had passed
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עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
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נַחַל
a torrent/ towards
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נַחַל
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
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שָׁטַף
they had overflowed/ us
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שָׁטַף
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
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