Psalms

Psalm 105:16

¹⁶He called down famine on the land

and cut off all their supplies^a of food.

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He called down	וַיִּקְרָ֣א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
famine	רָ֭עָב	rā·‘āḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the land	הָאָ֑רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and cut off	שָׁבָֽר׃	šā·ḇār	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
all	כָּֽל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
their supplies	מַטֵּה־	maṭ·ṭêh-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4294 staff, rod, shaft
of food	לֶ֥חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.