Psalms 148:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ שְׁמֵ֣י הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝הַמַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר ׀ מֵעַ֬ל הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

Hallelûhû šemê haššāmayim wehammayim ʾăšer mēʿal haššāmāyim

Grammar Details

*Hallelûhû*: imperative plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - praise him
*šemê*: noun masculine plural construct - heavens of
*haššāmayim*: definite noun masculine plural - the heavens
*wehammayim*: conjunction + definite noun masculine plural - and the waters
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*mēʿal*: preposition compound - from above/over
*haššāmāyim*: definite noun masculine plural - the heavens

Word Meanings

*šemê*: heavens of/skies of
*haššāmayim*: the heavens/the sky
*hammayim*: the waters/the liquid substance
*mēʿal*: from above/over/beyond

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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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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
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

Gen 1:7 : 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
Neh 9:6 : 6 Thou art Jehovah, even thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Ps 68:33 : 33 To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.
Ps 104:3 : 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;
Ps 113:6 : 6 That humbleth himself to behold [The things that are] in heaven and in the earth?
2 Cor 12:2 : 2 I know a man in Christ, {G4253} fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.
Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Deut 10:14 : 14 Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

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