Psalms 104:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַמַּבִּ֣יט לָ֭אָרֶץ וַתִּרְעָ֑ד יִגַּ֖ע בֶּהָרִ֣ים וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ׃

Transliteration

The one hammabbîṭ lā'āreṣ wattir'ād; he yigga' behārîm wəye'ĕšānû.

Grammar Details

*hammabbîṭ*: article with hiphil participle, masculine singular - the one who looks
*lā'āreṣ*: preposition with article and noun, feminine singular - to the earth
*wattir'ād*: conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular, consecutive - and it trembles
*yigga'*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he touches
*behārîm*: preposition with noun, masculine plural - in/against mountains
*wəye'ĕšānû*: conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they smoke

Word Meanings

*hammabbîṭ*: the one who looks/gazes/observes
*'āreṣ*: earth/land/ground
*wattir'ād*: and it trembles/quakes/shakes
*yigga'*: touches/strikes/reaches
*hārîm*: mountains/hills
*ye'ĕšānû*: smoke/emit smoke/smolder

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Referenced Verses

Exod 19:18 : 18 And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Ps 144:5 : 5 Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Hab 3:10 : 10 The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.
Ps 97:4-5 : 4 His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled. 5 The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Ps 114:7 : 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
Ps 50:3 : 3 Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.
Ps 77:16 : 16 The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
Isa 64:1-2 : 1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence, 2 as when fire kindleth the brushwood, [and] the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
Jer 4:23-26 : 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, [and] before his fierce anger.
Jer 5:22 : 22 Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
Amos 8:8 : 8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
Hab 3:5-6 : 5 Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet. 6 He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.
Rev 19:3 : 3 And a second time they say, Hallelujah. And her smoke goeth up for ever and ever.
Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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