Psalms 104:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֹֽטֶה־א֭וֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָ֑ה נוֹטֶ֥ה שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם כַּיְרִיעָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʿōṭeh-ʾôr kaśśalmāh nôṭeh shāmayim kayĕrîʿāh

Grammar Details

*ʿōṭeh*: participle, qal active, masculine singular - covering, wrapping
*ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular - light
*kaśśalmāh*: preposition *kě* + definite article + noun, feminine singular - like the garment/cloak
*nôṭeh*: participle, qal active, masculine singular - stretching out, spreading
*shāmayim*: noun, masculine plural - heavens, sky
*kayĕrîʿāh*: preposition *kě* + noun, feminine singular - like a curtain/tent-cloth

Word Meanings

*ʿōṭeh*: covering, wrapping, enveloping
*ʾôr*: light, illumination, daylight, sunlight
*śalmāh*: garment, cloak, mantle
*nôṭeh*: stretching out, extending, spreading
*shāmayim*: heavens, sky, firmament
*yĕrîʿāh*: curtain, tent-cloth, hanging

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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

Isa 40:22 : 22 [ It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
Dan 7:9 : 9 I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.
Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. [Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:
Matt 17:2 : 2 and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.
1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honor and power eternal. Amen.
Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands: 11 They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
1 John 1:5 : 5 And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Isa 45:12 : 12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.

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