Psalm 78:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. ‘Also—bread [is] He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?’

King James Bible
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

Hebrew
When
הֵ֤ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

He struck
הִכָּה־ (hik·kāh-)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

the rock,
צ֨וּר ׀ (ṣūr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge

water
מַיִם֮ (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

gushed out
וַיָּז֣וּבוּ (way·yā·zū·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2100: To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow

and torrents
וּנְחָלִ֪ים (ū·nə·ḥā·lîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

overflowed.
יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּ (yiš·ṭō·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7857: To gush, to inundate, cleanse, to gallop, conquer

But can
י֣וּכַל (yū·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3201: To be able, have power

He also
הֲגַם־ (hă·ḡam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

give
תֵּ֑ת (têṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

bread
לֶ֭חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

or
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

supply
יָכִ֖ין (yā·ḵîn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect

His people
לְעַמּֽוֹ׃ (lə·‘am·mōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

with meat?”
שְׁאֵ֣ר (šə·’êr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7607: Flesh, as living, for, food, food of any kind, kindred by blood

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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