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Bow thy heavens, O LORD , and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. (KJV)
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יְ֭הוָהYah.wehO Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Psalms 144:5 word 1
הַט\־hat-bend down
Lemma: נָטָה (na.tah) · Strong's: H5186
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)
Meaning: to stretch
Used 212 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 26:25, Genesis 33:19, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 38:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5186; TAHOT Psalms 144:5 word 2
שָׁמֶ֣יךָsha.Mei.khaheavens your
Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: heaven
Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT Psalms 144:5 word 3
וְתֵרֵ֑דve.te.Redso you may come down
Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqu2ms)
Meaning: to go down
Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT Psalms 144:5 word 4
גַּ֖עga'touch
Lemma: נָגַע (na.ga) · Strong's: H5060
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to touch
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 26:11, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5060; TAHOT Psalms 144:5 word 5
בֶּהָרִ֣יםbe.ha.Rim<in> the 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 144:5 word 6
וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ\׃Ve.ye.'e.Sha.nuso they may smoke
Lemma: עָשַׁן (a.shan) · Strong's: H6225
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqu3mp)
Meaning: be angry
Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 19:18, Deuteronomy 29:20, Psalms 74:1, Psalms 80:4, Psalms 104:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6225; TAHOT Psalms 144:5 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Part | → | נָטָה H5186 to stretch |
| Your heavens | → | שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven |
| O LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| and come down | → | יָרַד H3381 to go down |
| touch | → | נָגַע H5060 to touch |
| the mountains | → | הַר H2022G mountain: mount |
| that they may smoke | → | עָשַׁן H6225 be angry |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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