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Psalms 147:8


Psalms 147:7 Psalms 147:8 (KJV) Psalms 147:9
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Who coverethH3680 the heavenH8064 with cloudsH5645, who preparethH3559 rainH4306 for the earthH776, who maketh grassH2682 to growH6779 upon the mountainsH2022.


Original Hebrew

הַמְכַסֶּה שָׁמַיִם ׀ בְּעָבִים הַמֵּכִין לָאָרֶץ מָטָר הַמַּצְמִיחַ הָרִים חָצִיר׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֬ה
ha/m.kha.Seh H3680 HTd/Vprmsa who/ covers
שָׁמַ֨יִם
sha.Ma.yim H8064 HNcmpa (the) heavens
בְּ/עָבִ֗ים
be./'a.Vim H5645 HR/Ncbpa with/ clouds
הַ/מֵּכִ֣ין
ha./me.Khin H3559 HTd/Vhrmsa who/ prepares
לָ/אָ֣רֶץ
la./'A.retz H776 HRd/Ncbsa for the/ earth
מָטָ֑ר
ma.Tar H4306 HNcmsa rain
הַ/מַּצְמִ֖יחַ
ha./matz.Mi.ach H6779 HTd/Vhrmsa who/ causes to sprout
הָרִ֣ים
ha.Rim H2022 HNcmpa mountains
חָצִֽיר
cha.Tzir H2682 HNcmsa grass
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  • H2022 — הַר (har, har): a shortened form of הָרָר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.
  • H2682 — חָצִיר (châtsîyr, khaw-tseer'): perhaps originally the same as חָצִיר, from the greenness of a courtyard; grass; also a leek (collectively); grass, hay, herb, leek.
  • H3559 — כּוּן (kûwn, koon): a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous); certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.
  • H3680 — כָּסָה (kâçâh, kaw-saw'): a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy); clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare כָּשָׂה.
  • H4306 — מָטַר (mâṭar, maw-tawr'): from מָטַר; rain; rain.
  • H5645 — עָב (ʻâb, awb): (masculine and feminine); from עוּב; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse; clay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare עֲבִי.
  • H6779 — צָמַח (tsâmach, tsaw-makh'): a primitive root; to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
  • H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

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