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Psalms 68:16

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The hill of God [is as] the hill of Bashan; an high hill [as] the hill of Bashan.	Why leap ye, ye high hills? [this is] the hill [which] God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell [in it] for ever.	The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Why leap^H7520 ye, ye high^H1386 hills^H2022? this is the hill^H2022 which God^H430 desireth^H2530 to dwell in^H3427; yea, the LORD^H3068 will dwell^H7931 in it for ever^H5331.

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Original Hebrew

הַר־אֱלֹהִים הַר־בָּשָׁן הַר גַּבְנֻנִּים הַר־בָּשָׁן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הַר	har-	H2022	HNcmsc	O mountain of
אֱ֭לֹהִים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
הַר	har-	H2022	HNcmsc	O mountain of
בָּשָׁ֑ן	ba.Shan	H1316	HNp	Bashan
הַ֥ר	har	H2022	HNcmsc	O mountain of
גַּ֝בְנֻנִּ֗ים	gav.nu.Nim	H1386	HNcmpa	peaks
הַר	har-	H2022	HNcmsc	O mountain of
בָּשָֽׁן	ba.Shan	H1316	HNp	Bashan

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H1386 — גַּבְנֹן (gabnôn, gab-nohn'): from the same as גִּבֵּן; a hump or peak of hills; high.
• H2022 — הַר (har, har): a shortened form of הָרָר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.
• H2530 — חָמַד (châmad, khaw-mad'): a primitive root; to delight in; beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ([idiom] great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H5331 — נֶצַח (netsach, neh'-tsakh): or נֵצַח; from נָצַח; properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view); alway(-s), constantly, end, ([phrase] n-) ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.
• H7520 — רָצַד (râtsad, raw-tsad'): a primitive root; probably to look askant, i.e. (figuratively) be jealous; leap.
• H7931 — שָׁכַן (shâkan, shaw-kan'): a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to שָׁכַב through the idea of lodging; compare סִכְלוּת, שָׁכַם); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively); abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1316 — בָּשָׁן (Bâshân, baw-shawn'): of uncertain derivation; Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan; Bashan.

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