Psalms 133:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּטַל־חֶרְמ֗וֹן שֶּׁיֹּרֵד֮ עַל־הַרְרֵ֢י צִ֫יּ֥וֹן כִּ֤י שָׁ֨ם ׀ צִוָּ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אֶת־הַבְּרָכָ֑ה חַ֝יִּ֗ים עַד־הָעוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

Like-ṭal-ḥermôn that-yōrēd upon-harrēy ṣiyyôn kî there ṣiwwâ YHWH ʾet-the-bərākâ ḥayyîm until-the-ʿôlām

Grammar Details

*ṭal*: noun, masculine singular with preposition kaf - like dew of
*ḥermôn*: proper noun - Hermon
*yōrēd*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular with relative pronoun - that descends/flows down
*harrēy*: construct noun, masculine plural - mountains of
*ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
*kî*: conjunction - for/because/that
*ṣiwwâ*: verb, Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - commanded/ordained
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*bərākâ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the blessing
*ḥayyîm*: noun, masculine plural - life
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the everlasting/eternity

Word Meanings

*ṭal*: dew/moisture
*yōrēd*: coming down/descending/flowing
*harrēy ṣiyyôn*: mountains of Zion/hills of Zion
*ṣiwwâ*: commanded/ordained/decreed
*ḥayyîm*: life/living/lifetime
*ʿad-hāʿôlām*: forever/everlasting/for eternity

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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:8 : 8 [ Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life.
Lev 25:21 : 21 then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years.
Deut 4:48 : 48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even unto mount Sion (the same is Hermon),
Deut 28:8 : 8 Jehovah will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Ps 21:4 : 4 He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.
Ps 16:11 : 11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Deut 3:8-9 : 8 And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon; 9 [( which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir;)
Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
John 4:14 : 14 but whosoever {G302} drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
John 5:24 : 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and {G2064} cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.
John 5:29 : 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
John 6:50-51 : 50 This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread {G1161} which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
John 6:68 : 68 {G3767} Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Rom 5:21 : 21 that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise which he promised us, [even] the life eternal.
1 John 5:11 : 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Rev 1:18 : 18 and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, {G0} {G281} and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
Josh 13:11 : 11 and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah;

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