Psalms 104:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָרִ֣ים הַ֭גְּבֹהִים לַיְּעֵלִ֑ים סְ֝לָעִ֗ים מַחְסֶ֥ה לַֽשְׁפַנִּֽים׃

Transliteration

hārîm hagĕbōhîm layĕʿēlîm sĕlāʿîm maḥseh lashĕphannîm

Grammar Details

*hārîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the mountains
*hagĕbōhîm*: definite article + adjective, masculine plural - the high
*layĕʿēlîm*: preposition *lě* + definite article + noun, masculine plural - for the mountain goats
*sĕlāʿîm*: noun, masculine plural - rocks
*maḥseh*: noun, masculine singular - refuge
*lashĕphannîm*: preposition *lě* + definite article + noun, masculine plural - for the rock badgers

Word Meanings

*hārîm*: mountains, hills
*gĕbōhîm*: high, tall, lofty
*yĕʿēlîm*: mountain goats, ibexes, wild goats
*sĕlāʿîm*: rocks, cliffs, crags
*maḥseh*: refuge, shelter, hiding place
*shĕphannîm*: rock badgers, hyraxes, coneys

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Prov 30:26 : 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Job 39:1 : 1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Lev 11:5 : 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
Deut 14:7 : 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you.
1 Sam 24:2 : 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

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