Psalms 114:4 Go deeper

The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. (KJV)

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הֶֽ֭הָרִיםHe.ha.rimthe mountains

Lemma: הַר (har) · Strong's: H2022G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: mountain: mount

Used 451 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2022G; TAHOT Psalms 114:4 word 1

רָקְד֣וּra.ke.Duthey skipped about

Lemma: רָקַד (ra.qad) · Strong's: H7540

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to skip about

Used 9 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 15:29, Job 21:11, Psalms 29:6, Psalms 114:6, Ecclesiastes 3:4, Isaiah 13:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7540; TAHOT Psalms 114:4 word 2

כְאֵילִ֑יםkhe.'ei.Limlike rams

Lemma: אַ֫יִל (a.yil) · Strong's: H0352A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: ram

Used 156 times. Also: Genesis 15:9, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 31:38, Genesis 32:14, Exodus 25:5, Exodus 26:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0352A; TAHOT Psalms 114:4 word 3

גְּ֝בָע֗וֹתge.va.'othills

Lemma: גִּבְעָה (giv.ah) · Strong's: H1389I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: hill

Used 67 times. Also: Genesis 49:26, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Numbers 23:9, Deuteronomy 12:2, Deuteronomy 33:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1389I; TAHOT Psalms 114:4 word 4

כִּבְנֵי\־kiv.nei-like young ones of

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: young animal

Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 18:7, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 32:15, Genesis 49:11, Genesis 49:22, Exodus 29:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121H; TAHOT Psalms 114:4 word 5

צֹֽאן\׃Tzonsheep

Lemma: צֹאן (tson) · Strong's: H6629G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: flock

Used 271 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 20:14, Genesis 21:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6629G; TAHOT Psalms 114:4 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

the mountains	→	הַר H2022G mountain: mount
skipped	→	רָקַד H7540 to skip about
like rams	→	אַ֫יִל H0352A ram
the hills	→	גִּבְעָה H1389I hill
like lambs	→	בֵּן H1121H son: young animal
. . .	→	צֹאן H6629G flock

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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