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Psalm 84

Psa. 84:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who passing
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
through the valley
`emeq (Hebrew #6010)
a vale (i.e. broad depression)
KJV usage: dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also 1025.
Pronounce: ay'-mek
Origin: from 6009
of θBaca
baka' (Hebrew #1057)
the weeping tree (some gum- distilling tree, perhaps the balsam)
KJV usage: mulberry tree.
Pronounce: baw-kaw'
Origin: the same as 1056
Baka' (Hebrew #1056)
Baca, a valley in Palestine
KJV usage: Baca.
Pronounce: baw-kaw'
Origin: from 1058, weeping
make
shiyth (Hebrew #7896)
to place (in a very wide application)
KJV usage: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, X take.
Pronounce: sheeth
Origin: a primitive root
it a well
ma`yan (Hebrew #4599)
or (feminine) ma yanah {mah-yaw-naw'}; from 5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
KJV usage: fountain, spring, well.
Pronounce: mah-yawn'
Origin: or ma ynow (Psa. 114:8) {mah-yen-o'}
; the rain
mowreh (Hebrew #4175)
an archer; also teacher or teaching; also the early rain (see 3138)
KJV usage: (early) rain.
Pronounce: mo-reh'
Origin: from 3384
also λfilleth
`atah (Hebrew #5844)
to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, cloth, or roll
KJV usage: array self, be clad, (put a) cover (-ing, self), fill, put on, X surely, turn aside.
Pronounce: aw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
the pools
Brakah (Hebrew #1293)
benediction; by implication prosperity
KJV usage: blessing, liberal, pool, present.
Pronounce: ber-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 1288
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or, mulberry trees make him a well,
2 Sam. 5:23• 23And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. (2 Sam. 5:23)
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covereth.

More on:

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Baca,
Pools,
Rain,
Vale; Valley,
Wells

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Who.
Psa. 66:10‑12• 10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
 11Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
 12Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. (Psa. 66:10‑12)
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John 16:33• 33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. (John 16:33)
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Acts 14:22• 22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22)
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Rom. 5:3‑5• 3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
 4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
 5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. (Rom. 5:3‑5)
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Rom. 8:37• 37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. (Rom. 8:37)
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2 Cor. 4:17• 17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; (2 Cor. 4:17)
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Rev. 7:14• 14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Rev. 7:14)
Baca, etc.
or, mulberry-trees, make him a well, etc.{Baca} is probably a large shrub, which the Arabs still call {baca,} (see on 2 Sa 5:23;) and this valley, as Celsius observes, seems to be one "embarrassed with [such] bushes and thorns, which could not be passed without labour and tears,"--{bacah,} as 7 MSS., Aquila, and Vulgate read.
2 Sam. 5:22‑24• 22And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
 23And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
 24And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. (2 Sam. 5:22‑24)
the rain.
Psa. 68:9• 9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. (Psa. 68:9)
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2 Kings 3:9‑20• 9So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
 10And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
 11But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
 12And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
 13And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
 14And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
 15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.
 16And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches.
 17For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
 18And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
 19And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
 20And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. (2 Kings 3:9‑20)
filleth.
Heb. covereth.
• It is not called the valley of trial, but the valley of tears; that is, it is not merely the facts which form the well, but the exercises of heart which flow from them. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 81-84” by J.N. Darby)
• If the dwelling-place of God, where His glory is manifested and fills the place, is the object of the heart, where its desires tend, the way that leads there will be in the heart too. It may be a rough one, a valley of tears, a valley where the cross is found, but it is the way there, and the heart is in it. Besides, the heart trusts God—has His love as the key to all. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 81-84” by J.N. Darby)
• God sends a gracious rain on His inheritance, refreshing it when it is weary. The rain fills the pools. The communications of the Spirit of God, the revelation of Christ to the soul, the Father's love, all refresh and gladden the heart, and fill it with that which makes the world a nothing, turning the heart elsewhere. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 81-84” by J.N. Darby)
• The verses that follow describe the blessedness of the one who is treading the path that leads to Zion. He may have to pass through trial, set forth by the valley of Baca―or “weeping” as the word signifies; but, even so, he will find that the “early rain covereth it with blessing” (JND). God uses the trials by the way for the blessing of His people. (“Psalms 84” by H. Smith)
• Their pathway leads them through the valley of Baca (“weeping,” JND Translation footnote) which indicates there will be a work of repentance in their hearts (Jer. 31:9, 18-21) as they return. (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Passing through the valley of Bacae, they make it a well-spring; yea, the early rainf covereth it with blessings.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "of weeping."
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See Deut. 11.14. The autumn rain. the first with reference to the time of sowing.