1 Chronicles 16:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before Jehovah; For he cometh to judge the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֥ז יְרַנְּנ֖וּ עֲצֵ֣י הַיָּ֑עַר מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה כִּי־בָ֖א לִשְׁפּ֥וֹט אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

ʾāz [Then] rānan [will sing] ʿăṣê [trees of] hayyāʿar [the forest] from before YHWH [the LORD], for he bôʾ [comes] to šāpaṭ [judge] ʾēt-hāʾāreṣ [the earth].

Grammar Details

*rānan*: piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will sing/shout for joy
*ʿăṣê*: plural construct - trees of
*hayyāʿar*: definite article + singular noun - the forest
*bôʾ*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he came/comes
*šāpaṭ*: qal infinitive construct - to judge
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + singular noun - the earth
*ʾāz*: adverb - then/at that time
*min-li-pnê* (compound): compound preposition - from before
*kî-* (prefix): conjunction - for/because
*lĕ-* (prefix): preposition - to/for
*ʾēt*: direct object marker

Word Meanings

*rānan*: sing/shout for joy/cry out
*ʿēṣ*: tree/wood
*yaʿar*: forest/thicket/honeycomb
*bôʾ*: come/enter/arrive
*šāpaṭ*: judge/govern/vindicate
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
*ʾāz*: then/at that time

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Referenced Verses

Ps 96:12-13 : 12 Let the field exult, and all that is therein; Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy 13 Before Jehovah; For he cometh, For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth.
Ps 98:9 : 9 Before Jehovah; For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity.
Ezek 17:22-24 : 22 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain: 23 in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches thereof shall they dwell. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done it.
2 Thess 1:8 : 8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
2 Thess 1:10 : 10 when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day.
2 Pet 3:14 : 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
Rev 11:17-18 : 17 saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who art and who wast; {G2532} {G2064} because thou hast taken thy great power, and didst reign. 18 And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and [the time] to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.

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