Psalms

Psalm 105:40–41

⁴⁰They asked, and He brought quail

and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

⁴¹He opened a rock, and water gushed out;

it flowed like a river in the desert.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They asked	שָׁאַ֣ל	šā·’al	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7592 ask, inquire
and He brought	וַיָּבֵ֣א	way·yā·ḇê	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
quail	שְׂלָ֑ו	śə·lāw	Noun - feminine singular	H7958 quail
and satisfied them	יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽם׃	yaś·bî·‘êm	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
with the bread	וְלֶ֥חֶם	wə·le·ḥem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3899 bread, food
of heaven	שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם	šā·ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He opened	פָּ֣תַח	pā·ṯaḥ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6605 open
a rock	צ֭וּר	ṣūr	Noun - masculine singular	H6697 rock, cliff
and water	מָ֑יִם	mā·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
gushed out	וַיָּז֣וּבוּ	way·yā·zū·ḇū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2100 flow, gush
it flowed	הָ֝לְכ֗וּ	hā·lə·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1980 go, come, walk
a river	נָהָֽר׃	nā·hār	Noun - masculine singular	H5104 stream, river
in the desert	בַּצִּיּ֥וֹת	baṣ·ṣî·yō·wṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H6723 dryness, drought

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 105:40 Psalm 78:18 · Joshua 5:12 · John 6:31–33 · Nehemiah 9:20 · Psalm 78:23–28 · John 6:48–58 · Deuteronomy 8:3 · Numbers 11:31–33

Psalm 105:41 Numbers 20:11 · 1 Corinthians 10:4 · Exodus 17:6 · Isaiah 48:21 · Psalm 114:8 · Psalm 78:15–16 · Psalm 78:20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.