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Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. (KJV)

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הַֽמְכַסֶּ֬הham.kha.Sehwho covers

Lemma: כָּסָה (ka.sah) · Strong's: H3680

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)

Meaning: to cover

Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 18:17, Genesis 24:65, Genesis 37:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3680; TAHOT Psalms 147:8 word 1

שָׁמַ֨יִם\׀sha.Ma.yim[the] heavens

Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064

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

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 147:8 word 2

בְּעָבִ֗יםbe.'a.Vimwith clouds

Lemma: עָב (av) · Strong's: H5645

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

Meaning: cloud

Used 31 times. Also: Exodus 19:9, Judges 5:4, 2 Samuel 22:12, 2 Samuel 23:4, 1 Kings 18:44, 1 Kings 18:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5645; TAHOT Psalms 147:8 word 3

הַמֵּכִ֣יןha.me.Khinwho prepares

Lemma: כּוּן (kun) · Strong's: H3559A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to establish: prepare

Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 43:16, Genesis 43:25, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 19:11, Exodus 19:15, Exodus 23:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3559A; TAHOT Psalms 147:8 word 4

לָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzfor the earth

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Psalms 147:8 word 5

מָטָ֑רma.Tarrain

Lemma: מָטַר (ma.tar) · Strong's: H4306

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: rain

Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 9:33, Exodus 9:34, Deuteronomy 11:11, Deuteronomy 11:14, Deuteronomy 11:17, Deuteronomy 28:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4306; TAHOT Psalms 147:8 word 6

הַמַּצְמִ֖יחַha.matz.Mi.achwho causes to sprout

Lemma: צָמַח (tsa.mach) · Strong's: H6779

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to spring

Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:18, Genesis 41:6, Genesis 41:23, Exodus 10:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6779; TAHOT Psalms 147:8 word 7

הָרִ֣יםha.Rimmountains

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 147:8 word 8

חָצִֽיר\׃cha.Tzirgrass

Lemma: חָצִיר (cha.tsir) · Strong's: H2682A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: grass

Used 20 times. Also: 1 Kings 18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 8:12, Job 40:15, Psalms 37:2, Psalms 90:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2682A; TAHOT Psalms 147:8 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

who covers	→	כָּסָה H3680 to cover
the sky	→	שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven
with clouds	→	עָב H5645 cloud
who prepares	→	כּוּן H3559A to establish: prepare
rain	→	מָטַר H4306 rain
for the earth	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
who makes grass	→	חָצִיר H2682A grass
to grow	→	צָמַח H6779 to spring
on the hills	→	הַר H2022G mountain: mount

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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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