Psalms 135:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For I know that Jehovah is great, And that our Lord is above all gods.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י אֲנִ֣י יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּי־גָד֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה וַ֝אֲדֹנֵ֗ינוּ מִכָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

kī ʾănī yādaʿtī kī-gādōl YHWH waʾădōnēynû mikkol-ʾĕlōhīm

Grammar Details

*kī*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾănī*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*yādaʿtī*: perfect verb, 1st person singular - I know/have known
*gādōl*: adjective, masculine singular - great
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*waʾădōnēynû*: conjunction + noun + 1st person plural suffix - and our Lord
*mikkol*: preposition + noun - from all/above all
*ʾĕlōhīm*: noun, masculine plural - gods

Word Meanings

*yādaʿtī*: I know/I have experienced/I am certain
*gādōl*: great/powerful/important
*ʾădōnēynû*: our lord/our master
*ʾĕlōhīm*: gods/divine beings/mighty ones

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 48:1 : 1 A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Ps 95:3 : 3 For Jehovah is a great God, And a great King above all gods.
Ps 97:9 : 9 For thou, Jehovah, art most high above all the earth: Thou art exalted far above all gods.
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;
Isa 40:25 : 25 To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One.
Jer 10:10-11 : 10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation. 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
Dan 3:29 : 29 Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god that is able to deliver after this sort.
Dan 6:26-27 : 26 I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, And his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even unto the end. 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
Ps 96:4-5 : 4 For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Jehovah made the heavens.
Ps 86:8-9 : 8 There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither [are there any works] like unto thy works. 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone.
Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,
Deut 10:17 : 17 For Jehovah your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.

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