Psalms 104:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַעֲל֣וּ הָ֭רִים יֵרְד֣וּ בְקָע֑וֹת אֶל־מְ֝ק֗וֹם זֶ֤ה ׀ יָסַ֬דְתָּ לָהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

yaʿalû hārîm yērĕdû bĕqāʿôt ʾel-mĕqôm zeh yāsadtā lāhem

Grammar Details

*yaʿalû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they go up
*hārîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the mountains
*yērĕdû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they go down
*bĕqāʿôt*: noun, feminine plural - valleys
*ʾel*: preposition - to, toward
*mĕqôm*: noun, masculine singular construct - place of
*zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
*yāsadtā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you established
*lāhem*: preposition *lě* + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for them

Word Meanings

*yaʿalû*: go up, ascend, climb
*hārîm*: mountains, hills
*yērĕdû*: go down, descend
*bĕqāʿôt*: valleys, plains, low places
*mĕqôm*: place, site, spot, location
*yāsadtā*: established, founded, appointed, set

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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

Gen 8:5 : 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.

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