Psalms 145:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גָּ֘ד֤וֹל יְהוָ֣ה וּמְהֻלָּ֣ל מְאֹ֑ד וְ֝לִגְדֻלָּת֗וֹ אֵ֣ין חֵֽקֶר

Transliteration

Gādôl YHWH and ûmᵊhullāl mᵊʾōd and to wᵊligdullātô ʾên ḥêqer

Grammar Details

*Gādôl*: adjective masculine singular - great
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
*ûmᵊhullāl*: conjunction + Pual participle masculine singular - and praised/lauded
*mᵊʾōd*: adverb - very/exceedingly
*wᵊligdullātô*: conjunction + preposition + noun feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and to his greatness
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is no
*ḥêqer*: noun masculine singular - searching out/investigation/fathoming

Word Meanings

*Gādôl*: great/large/mighty
*ûmᵊhullāl*: and praised/lauded/celebrated
*mᵊʾōd*: very/exceedingly/greatly
*wᵊligdullātô*: and to his greatness/majesty/magnitude
*ʾên ḥêqer*: there is no searching out/unfathomable/unsearchable

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 5:9 : 9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
Job 9:10 : 10 That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.
Ps 139:6 : 6 [ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Ps 147:5 : 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
Isa 40:28 : 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
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.
Job 11:7-9 : 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
Job 26:14 : 14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.
Ps 96:4 : 4 For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He is to be feared above all gods.

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