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Waterspouts

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

Only Fa 42^ ' Deep calleth nnto deep at the noL-^e of thy waterspouts' (RVm ' cataracts'); Heb. 'ry-i "^'y) «TP t^r.n-^K cinn ; LXX aov. The only other occurrence of the word ii:!f is in tlie very obscure pass-'ige 2 S 5*, so that its meaning is somewhat uncertain, although in late Hebrew it means a spout or pipe (cf. Job 38^ 'Who liath cleft a channel for the watertlood?' n^ja ijEB'^ J^?"). The reference in Ps 42' is prob.

to the numerous noisy waterfalls in a stream swollen by the melting of the snow (see Duhm, ad loc).

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  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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