Psalms 98:8 Go deeper

Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

נְהָר֥וֹתne.ha.Rotrivers

Lemma: נָהָר (na.har) · Strong's: H5104H

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

Meaning: river

Used 88 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 15:18, Exodus 7:19, Exodus 8:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5104H; TAHOT Psalms 98:8 word 1

יִמְחֲאוּ\־yim.cha.'u-let them clap

Lemma: מָחָא (ma.ach) · Strong's: H4222

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to clap

Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 55:12, Ezekiel 25:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4222; TAHOT Psalms 98:8 word 2

כָ֑ףKhafa palm

Lemma: כַּף (kaph) · Strong's: H3709G

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

Meaning: palm

Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 31:42, Genesis 40:11, Genesis 40:21, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3709G; TAHOT Psalms 98:8 word 3

יַ֝֗חַדYa.chadtogether

Lemma: יַ֫חַד (ya.chad) · Strong's: H3162A

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

Meaning: unitedness

Used 43 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:5, 1 Samuel 11:11, 1 Samuel 17:10, 2 Samuel 10:15, 2 Samuel 14:16, 2 Samuel 21:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3162A; TAHOT Psalms 98:8 word 4

הָרִ֥יםha.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 98:8 word 5

יְרַנֵּֽנוּ\׃ye.ra.Ne.nulet them sing for joy

Lemma: רָנַן (ra.nan) · Strong's: H7442B

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpi3mp)

Meaning: to sing

Used 52 times. Also: Leviticus 9:24, Deuteronomy 32:43, 1 Chronicles 16:33, Job 29:13, Job 38:7, Psalms 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7442B; TAHOT Psalms 98:8 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Let the rivers	→	נָהָר H5104H river
clap	→	מָחָא H4222 to clap
their hands	→	כַּף H3709G palm
let the mountains	→	הַר H2022G mountain: mount
sing together	→	יַ֫חַד H3162A unitedness
for joy	→	רָנַן H7442B to sing

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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