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For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. (KJV)
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כִּֽי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Psalms 47:2 word 1
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahweh
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 47:2 word 2
עֶלְי֣וֹןel.Yon[the] Most High
Lemma: עֶלְיוֹן (el.yon) · Strong's: H5945B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: Most High
Used 25 times. Also: Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 32:8, 2 Samuel 22:14, Psalms 7:17, Psalms 9:2, Psalms 18:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5945B; TAHOT Psalms 47:2 word 3
נוֹרָ֑אno.Ra'[is] to be feared
Lemma: יָרֵא (ya.re) · Strong's: H3372H
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: to fear: revere
Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 28:17, Exodus 1:17, Exodus 1:21, Exodus 9:30, Exodus 14:31, Exodus 15:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3372H; TAHOT Psalms 47:2 word 4
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekha king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Psalms 47:2 word 5
גָּ֝דוֹלGa.dolgreat
Lemma: גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) · Strong's: H1419A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: great: large
Used 495 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 4:13, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1419A; TAHOT Psalms 47:2 word 6
עַל\־'al-over
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Psalms 47:2 word 7
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Psalms 47:2 word 8
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe 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 47:2 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| How | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| awesome [is] | → | יָרֵא H3372H to fear: revere |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| Most High | → | עֶלְיוֹן H5945B Most High |
| the great | → | גָּדוֹל H1419A great: large |
| King | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| over | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
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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