1 Chronicles 16:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חִ֤ילוּ מִלְּפָנָיו֙ כָּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אַף־תִּכּ֥וֹן תֵּבֵ֖ל בַּל־תִּמּֽוֹט׃

Transliteration

ḥîl [Tremble] from before him, all-hāʾāreṣ [the earth]; ʾap-kûn [indeed established] tēbēl [world] bal-môṭ [not to be moved].

Grammar Details

*ḥîl*: qal imperative masculine plural - tremble!
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + singular noun - the earth
*kûn*: niphal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - it is established
*tēbēl*: singular noun - world/inhabited earth
*môṭ*: niphal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - it is moved
*min-lĕ-pānāw*: compound preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from before him
*kol-* (prefix): construct state - all of
*ʾap-* (prefix): conjunction - also/indeed
*bal-* (prefix): negative particle - not

Word Meanings

*ḥîl*: tremble/writhe/be in anguish
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
*kûn*: establish/prepare/fix
*tēbēl*: world/inhabited earth
*môṭ*: move/shake/totter

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 16:23 : 23 Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth; Show forth his salvation from day to day.
1 Chr 16:25 : 25 For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.
Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Ps 93:1 : 1 Jehovah reigneth; He is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.
Ps 96:9 : 9 Oh worship Jehovah in holy array: Tremble before him, all the earth.
Ps 148:5-6 : 5 Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass away.
Isa 49:8 : 8 Thus saith Jehovah, In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages:
Jer 10:12 : 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:
Col 1:17 : 17 and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
Heb 1:3 : 3 who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had {G1223} {G1438} made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become [the kingdom] of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.

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