Tehillim 105:33

33 He struck down their gefen also and their te’enah (fig tree); and broke the trees of their territory.

Tehillim 105:33 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 105:33

He smote their vines also, and their fig trees
So that they died; for in ( Psalms 78:47 ) , it is said, he "killed" them; and it is not only used in common speech with us, but with classical writers ^F2 to speak of killing inanimate things, as trees, herbs That is, the hail smote them, or God by the hail; these are particularly mentioned because most useful, producing grapes and figs.

And brake the trees of their coasts:
all the trees within the borders of their land, ( Exodus 9:25 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 "----interice messes", Virgil. Georgic. l. 4. "Neque herbas crescere et interfici", Ciceron. Oeconom: ex Xenophon, l. 3.

Tehillim 105:33 In-Context

31 He spoke, and there came arov (flies), and kinim (lice) in all their territory.

32 He gave them barad (hail) for geshem (rain), and eish of lightning in their land.

33 He struck down their gefen also and their te’enah (fig tree); and broke the trees of their territory.

34 He spoke, and the arbeh (locusts) came, and grasshoppers, and that without number,

35 And did eat up all the esev (herbs) in their land, and devoured their p’ri adamah (fruit of the ground).