Verse 6

{ "verseID": "Psalms.148.6", "source": "וַיַּעֲמִידֵ֣ם לָעַ֣ד לְעוֹלָ֑ם חָק־נָ֝תַ֗ן וְלֹ֣א יַעֲבֽוֹר׃", "text": "*Wayyaʿămîdēm* *lāʿad* *leʿôlām* *ḥoq*-*nātan* *welōʾ* *yaʿăbôr*", "grammar": { "*Wayyaʿămîdēm*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and he established them", "*lāʿad*": "preposition + noun - forever", "*leʿôlām*": "preposition + noun - for eternity", "*ḥoq*": "noun masculine singular construct - decree", "*nātan*": "perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he gave/set", "*welōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*yaʿăbôr*": "imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will pass/transgress" }, "variants": { "*Wayyaʿămîdēm*": "and he established them/set them up/caused them to stand", "*lāʿad*": "forever/eternally/perpetually", "*leʿôlām*": "for eternity/everlasting/perpetually", "*ḥoq*": "decree/statute/ordinance/boundary", "*nātan*": "gave/set/placed/established", "*yaʿăbôr*": "will pass away/transgress/cross over" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 33:25 : 25 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.33.25", "source": "כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אִם־לֹ֥א בְרִיתִ֖י יוֹמָ֣ם וָלָ֑יְלָה חֻקּ֛וֹת שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָ֖רֶץ לֹא־שָֽׂמְתִּי׃", "text": "Thus *ʾāmar* *YHWH* if not *ḇərîṯî* *yômām* *wālāyəlāh* *ḥuqqôṯ* *šāmayim* *wāʾāreṣ* not *śāmtî*", "grammar": { "*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect 3ms - he said/says", "*ḇərîṯî*": "noun fs + 1s suffix - my covenant", "*yômām*": "adverb - by day", "*wālāyəlāh*": "waw conjunction + noun ms - and night", "*ḥuqqôṯ*": "noun fp construct - ordinances of", "*šāmayim*": "noun mp - heavens", "*wāʾāreṣ*": "waw conjunction + noun fs - and earth", "*śāmtî*": "qal perfect 1s - I have appointed" }, "variants": { "*ḇərîṯî*": "my covenant/agreement/treaty", "*ḥuqqôṯ*": "ordinances/statutes/decrees", "*śāmtî*": "set/appointed/established" } }
  • Jer 31:35-36 : 35 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.31.35", "source": "כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה נֹתֵ֥ן שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ לְא֣וֹר יוֹמָ֔ם חֻקֹּ֛ת יָרֵ֥חַ וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים לְא֣וֹר לָ֑יְלָה רֹגַ֤ע הַיָּם֙ וַיֶּהֱמ֣וּ גַלָּ֔יו יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃", "text": "Thus *ʾāmar* *YHWH*, *nōtēn* *šemeš* for *ʾôr* by day, *ḥuqqōt* *yārēaḥ* and *kôkābîm* for *ʾôr* by night, *rōgaʿ* the *yām* and *wayyehĕmû* *gallāyw*, *YHWH* *ṣᵊbāʾôt* *šᵊmô*.", "grammar": { "*ʾāmar*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he said", "*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD", "*nōtēn*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - giving/who gives", "*šemeš*": "noun, common, singular - sun", "*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - light", "*ḥuqqōt*": "noun, feminine, plural, construct - statutes/ordinances of", "*yārēaḥ*": "noun, masculine, singular - moon", "*kôkābîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - stars", "*rōgaʿ*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - stirring up/disturbing", "*yām*": "noun, masculine, singular - sea", "*wayyehĕmû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they roar", "*gallāyw*": "noun, masculine, plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its waves", "*ṣᵊbāʾôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - hosts/armies", "*šᵊmô*": "noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name" }, "variants": { "*nōtēn*": "giving/appointing/placing", "*ḥuqqōt*": "statutes/ordinances/decrees/prescribed limits", "*rōgaʿ*": "stirring up/disturbing/agitating/calming", "*yehĕmû*": "roar/rage/sound/make noise", "*ṣᵊbāʾôt*": "hosts/armies/multitudes" } } 36 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.31.36", "source": "אִם־יָמֻ֜שׁוּ הַחֻקִּ֥ים הָאֵ֛לֶּה מִלְּפָנַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה גַּם֩ זֶ֨רַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל יִשְׁבְּת֗וּ מִֽהְי֥וֹת גּ֛וֹי לְפָנַ֖י כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃", "text": "If-*yāmušû* the *ḥuqqîm* these from before me, *nᵊʾum*-*YHWH*, also *zeraʿ* *Yiśrāʾēl* *yišbᵊtû* from *mihyôt* *gôy* before me all-the *yāmîm*.", "grammar": { "*yāmušû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will depart/cease", "*ḥuqqîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - statutes/ordinances", "*nᵊʾum*": "construct state noun - utterance/declaration of", "*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD", "*zeraʿ*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - seed/offspring of", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*yišbᵊtû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will cease", "*mihyôt*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - from being", "*gôy*": "noun, masculine, singular - nation", "*yāmîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - days" }, "variants": { "*yāmušû*": "they will depart/cease/be removed", "*ḥuqqîm*": "statutes/ordinances/decrees/prescribed limits", "*zeraʿ*": "seed/offspring/descendants/posterity", "*yišbᵊtû*": "they will cease/stop/be discontinued", "*gôy*": "nation/people/heathen" } }
  • Job 38:33 : 33 { "verseID": "Job.38.33", "source": "הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ חֻקּ֣וֹת שָׁמָ֑יִם אִם־תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "?-*yādaʿtā* *ḥuqqôt* *šāmāyim* if-*tāśîm* *mišṭārô* in-*ʾāreṣ*?", "grammar": { "*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?", "*yādaʿtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you know", "*ḥuqqôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - ordinances/statutes of", "*šāmāyim*": "noun, masculine dual - heavens/sky", "*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if", "*tāśîm*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you set/establish", "*mišṭārô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its dominion/rule", "*bā*": "preposition - in", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land" }, "variants": { "*yādaʿtā*": "you know/you understand", "*ḥuqqôt*": "ordinances/statutes/laws", "*šāmāyim*": "heavens/sky", "*tāśîm*": "you set/you establish/you place", "*mišṭārô*": "its dominion/its rule/its authority", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground" } }
  • Ps 89:37 : 37 { "verseID": "Psalms.89.37", "source": "זַרְעוֹ לְעוֹלָם יִהְיֶה וְכִסְאוֹ כַשֶּׁמֶשׁ נֶגְדִּי", "text": "*Zarʿô* to-*ʿôlām* *yihyeh* and-*kisʾô* like-the-*šemeš* *negdî*", "grammar": { "*Zarʿô*": "noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his seed", "*lᵉ-ʿôlām*": "preposition + noun - forever", "*yihyeh*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be", "*wᵉ-kisʾô*": "conjunction + noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his throne", "*ka-ššemeš*": "preposition + definite article + noun - like the sun", "*negdî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - before me" }, "variants": { "*Zarʿô*": "his seed/offspring/descendants", "*ʿôlām*": "forever/eternal/perpetuity", "*kisʾô*": "his throne/royal authority", "*šemeš*": "sun", "*negdî*": "before me/in my presence" } }
  • Ps 119:90-91 : 90 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.90", "source": "לְדֹ֣ר וָ֭דֹר אֱמֽוּנָתֶ֑ךָ כּוֹנַ֥נְתָּ אֶ֝֗רֶץ וַֽתַּעֲמֹֽד׃", "text": "To generation *ləḏōr* and generation *wāḏōr* is your faithfulness *ʾĕmûnāṯêḵā*; you established *kônantā* the earth *ʾereṣ* and it stands *wattaʿămōḏ*.", "grammar": { "*ləḏōr*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - to generation", "*wāḏōr*": "conjunction + noun masculine singular - and generation", "*ʾĕmûnāṯêḵā*": "noun feminine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your faithfulness", "*kônantā*": "polel perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you established", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun feminine singular - earth/land", "*wattaʿămōḏ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person feminine singular - and it stands" }, "variants": { "*ləḏōr wāḏōr*": "to generation and generation/from generation to generation/throughout all generations", "*ʾĕmûnāṯêḵā*": "your faithfulness/your reliability/your trustworthiness", "*kônantā*": "you established/you set up/you fixed", "*ʾereṣ*": "earth/land/ground", "*wattaʿămōḏ*": "and it stands/and it endures/and it remains" } } 91 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.91", "source": "לְֽ֭מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ עָמְד֣וּ הַיּ֑וֹם כִּ֖י הַכֹּ֣ל עֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃", "text": "For your judgments *ləmišpāṭêḵā* they stand *ʿāmḏû* this day *hayyôm*; for *kî* all things *hakkōl* are your servants *ʿăḇāḏêḵā*.", "grammar": { "*ləmišpāṭêḵā*": "preposition + masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for your judgments", "*ʿāmḏû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they stand/have stood", "*hayyôm*": "definite article + noun masculine singular - this day/today", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*hakkōl*": "definite article + noun masculine singular - the all/everything", "*ʿăḇāḏêḵā*": "masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servants" }, "variants": { "*ləmišpāṭêḵā*": "for your judgments/according to your ordinances/by your laws", "*ʿāmḏû*": "they stand/they continue/they persist", "*hayyôm*": "this day/today/at present", "*hakkōl*": "all things/everything/the whole universe", "*ʿăḇāḏêḵā*": "your servants/your slaves" } }
  • Prov 8:27-29 : 27 { "verseID": "Proverbs.8.27", "source": "בַּהֲכִינ֣וֹ שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑נִי בְּח֥וּקוֹ ח֝֗וּג עַל־פְּנֵ֥י תְהֽוֹם׃", "text": "When-*hăkînô šāmayim* there I, when-*ḥûqô ḥûg* upon-*pᵊnê tᵊhôm*", "grammar": { "*hăkînô*": "hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his establishing", "*šāmayim*": "masculine dual noun - heavens", "*ḥûqô*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his inscribing", "*ḥûg*": "masculine singular noun - circle/horizon", "*pᵊnê*": "masculine plural construct - face of", "*tᵊhôm*": "masculine singular noun - deep/abyss" }, "variants": { "*hăkînô*": "his establishing/preparing/setting up", "*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky", "*ḥûqô*": "his inscribing/decreeing/marking out", "*ḥûg*": "circle/horizon/vault", "*tᵊhôm*": "deep/abyss/primeval ocean" } } 28 { "verseID": "Proverbs.8.28", "source": "בְּאַמְּצ֣וֹ שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז עִינ֥וֹת תְּהוֹם׃", "text": "When-*ʾammᵊṣô šᵊḥāqîm* from-above, when-*ʿăzôz ʿênôt tᵊhôm*", "grammar": { "*ʾammᵊṣô*": "piel infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his strengthening", "*šᵊḥāqîm*": "masculine plural noun - clouds/skies", "*ʿăzôz*": "qal infinitive construct - becoming strong", "*ʿênôt*": "feminine plural construct - springs of", "*tᵊhôm*": "masculine singular noun - deep/abyss" }, "variants": { "*ʾammᵊṣô*": "his strengthening/making firm", "*šᵊḥāqîm*": "clouds/skies/heavens", "*ʿăzôz*": "becoming strong/prevailing", "*ʿênôt tᵊhôm*": "springs of the deep/fountains of the abyss" } } 29 { "verseID": "Proverbs.8.29", "source": "בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ לַיָּ֨ם ׀ חֻקּ֗וֹ וּ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִ֑יו בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ מ֣וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "When-*śûmô layyām ḥuqqô*, and-*mayim* not *yaʿabrû-pîw*, when-*ḥûqô môsᵊdê ʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*śûmô*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his setting", "*layyām*": "preposition with definite article and masculine singular noun - for the sea", "*ḥuqqô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his decree", "*mayim*": "masculine plural noun - waters", "*yaʿabrû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they transgress", "*pîw*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his command", "*ḥûqô*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his marking out", "*môsᵊdê*": "masculine plural construct - foundations of", "*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun - earth/land" }, "variants": { "*śûmô*": "his setting/placing/establishing", "*ḥuqqô*": "his decree/boundary/statute", "*yaʿabrû-pîw*": "they transgress his command/mouth/word", "*môsᵊdê*": "foundations/bases", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground" } }
  • Isa 54:9 : 9 { "verseID": "Isaiah.54.9", "source": "כִּי־מֵ֥י נֹ֙חַ֙ זֹ֣את לִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁבַּ֗עְתִּי מֵעֲבֹ֥ר מֵי־נֹ֛חַ ע֖וֹד עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ כֵּ֥ן נִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּי מִקְּצֹ֥ף עָלַ֖יִךְ וּמִגְּעָר־בָּֽךְ׃", "text": "*Kî-mê* *Nōaḥ* *zōʾt* *lî* *ʾăšer* *nišbaʿtî* *mēʿăbōr* *mê-Nōaḥ* *ʿôd* *ʿal-hāʾāreṣ* *kēn* *nišbaʿtî* *miqqəṣōp* *ʿālayik* *û-miggəʿār-bāk*", "grammar": { "*Kî-mê*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - for waters of", "*Nōaḥ*": "proper noun - Noah", "*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*lî*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - to me", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*nišbaʿtî*": "verb, perfect, 1st singular, niphal - I swore", "*mēʿăbōr*": "preposition + verb, infinitive construct, qal - from passing over", "*mê-Nōaḥ*": "noun, masculine plural construct + proper noun - waters of Noah", "*ʿôd*": "adverb - again/anymore", "*ʿal-hāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - upon the earth", "*kēn*": "adverb - so/thus", "*nišbaʿtî*": "verb, perfect, 1st singular, niphal - I have sworn", "*miqqəṣōp*": "preposition + verb, infinitive construct, qal - from being angry", "*ʿālayik*": "preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - against you", "*û-miggəʿār-bāk*": "conjunction + preposition + verb, infinitive construct, qal + preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - and from rebuking you" }, "variants": { "*mê*": "waters/flood", "*zōʾt*": "this is/this situation", "*nišbaʿtî*": "swore/took an oath", "*mēʿăbōr*": "from passing over/from crossing", "*ʿôd*": "again/anymore/still", "*kēn*": "so/thus/likewise", "*miqqəṣōp*": "from being angry/from raging", "*gəʿār*": "rebuke/reprove/scold" } }
  • Ps 93:1 : 1 { "verseID": "Psalms.93.1", "source": "יְהוָ֣ה מָלָךְ֮ גֵּא֢וּת לָ֫בֵ֥שׁ לָבֵ֣שׁ יְ֭הוָה עֹ֣ז הִתְאַזָּ֑ר אַף־תִּכּ֥וֹן תֵּ֝בֵ֗ל בַּל־תִּמּֽוֹט׃", "text": "*YHWH* *mālāḵ* *gēʾût* *lāḇēš* *lāḇēš* *YHWH* *ʿōz* *hiṯʾazzār* *ʾap̄-tikkôn* *tēḇēl* *bal-timmôṭ*", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "noun, proper name, subject", "*mālāḵ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - reigned/ruled", "*gēʾût*": "noun, feminine singular construct - majesty/excellency", "*lāḇēš*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - clothed/put on (repeated)", "*ʿōz*": "noun, masculine singular - strength/might", "*hiṯʾazzār*": "verb, hitpael perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - girded himself", "*ʾap̄-tikkôn*": "particle + verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - indeed established is", "*tēḇēl*": "noun, feminine singular - world/earth", "*bal-timmôṭ*": "particle of negation + verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - not be moved" }, "variants": { "*mālāḵ*": "reigned/is king/has become king", "*gēʾût*": "majesty/pride/exaltation", "*lāḇēš*": "clothed/put on/arrayed", "*ʿōz*": "strength/might/power", "*hiṯʾazzār*": "girded himself/clothed himself with strength", "*tikkôn*": "established/fixed/prepared", "*tēḇēl*": "world/habitable earth", "*bal-timmôṭ*": "cannot be moved/will not be shaken" } }
  • Job 38:10-11 : 10 { "verseID": "Job.38.10", "source": "וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר עָלָ֣יו חֻקִּ֑י וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃", "text": "And-*ʾešbōr* upon-him *ḥuqqî* and-*ʾāśîm* *bĕrîaḥ* and-*dĕlātāyim*.", "grammar": { "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾešbōr*": "qal imperfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - I decreed/broke", "*ʿālāyw*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him/over it", "*ḥuqqî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - my decree/boundary", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾāśîm*": "qal imperfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - I set/placed", "*bĕrîaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - bar/bolt", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*dĕlātāyim*": "noun, feminine dual - doors/gates" }, "variants": { "*ʾešbōr*": "I decreed/I broke/I established", "*ḥuqqî*": "my decree/my boundary/my limit", "*ʾāśîm*": "I set/I placed/I established", "*bĕrîaḥ*": "bar/bolt/barrier" } } 11 { "verseID": "Job.38.11", "source": "וָאֹמַ֗ר עַד־פֹּ֣ה תָ֭בוֹא וְלֹ֣א תֹסִ֑יף וּפֹ֥א־יָ֝שִׁ֗ית בִּגְא֥וֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃", "text": "And-*ʾōmar* until-here *tābôʾ* and-not *tōsîp* and-here-*yāšît* with-*gĕʾôn* *galleykā*.", "grammar": { "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾōmar*": "qal imperfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - I said", "*ʿad*": "preposition - until/as far as", "*pōh*": "adverb - here/thus far", "*tābôʾ*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall come", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*tōsîp*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall add/go further", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*pōʾ*": "adverb - here", "*yāšît*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it shall place/set", "*bə*": "preposition - in/with", "*gĕʾôn*": "noun, masculine singular - pride/majesty", "*galleykā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your waves" }, "variants": { "*ʾōmar*": "I said/I declared", "*tābôʾ*": "you shall come/you may come", "*tōsîp*": "you shall add/you shall proceed further", "*yāšît*": "it shall place/it shall set/one shall set", "*gĕʾôn*": "pride/majesty/swelling", "*galleykā*": "your waves/your billows" } }