Psalms 148:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For he commanded, and they were created.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְֽ֭הַֽלְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֤י ה֖וּא צִוָּ֣ה וְנִבְרָֽאוּ׃

Transliteration

Yehallelû ʾet-šēm YHWH kî hûʾ ṣiwwâ weniberāʾû

Grammar Details

*Yehallelû*: imperfect 3rd person plural - they shall praise
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*šēm*: noun masculine singular construct - name of
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*hûʾ*: pronoun 3rd person masculine singular - he
*ṣiwwâ*: perfect 3rd person masculine singular - commanded
*weniberāʾû*: conjunction + niphal perfect 3rd person plural - and they were created

Word Meanings

*Yehallelû*: they shall praise/let them praise
*šēm*: name/reputation/character
*kî*: for/because/when
*ṣiwwâ*: commanded/ordered/decreed
*niberāʾû*: they were created/brought into existence/formed

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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 1:6 : 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Ps 33:6-9 : 6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses. 8 Let all the earth fear Jehovah: Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 9 For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Ps 95:5 : 5 The sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land.
Jer 10:11-13 : 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. 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens: 13 when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Amos 9:6 : 6 [ it is] he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.
Rev 4:11 : 11 Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.
Gen 1:1-2 : 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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Ps 148:1-4
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1Praise ye Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens: Praise him in the heights.
2Praise ye him, all his angels: Praise ye him, all his host.
3Praise ye him, sun and moon: Praise him, all ye stars of light.
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Ps 148:6-8
3 verses
78%
6He hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass away.
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6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Ps 33:9
75%
9For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Ps 148:13
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Ps 150:1-2
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74%
1Praise ye Jehovah. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power.
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Ps 150:6
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6Let everything that hath breath praise Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah.
Ps 107:25
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Gen 1:15
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Ps 113:1-3
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1Praise ye Jehovah. Praise, O ye servants of Jehovah, Praise the name of Jehovah.
2Blessed be the name of Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore.
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Ps 102:18
72%
18This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.
Ps 104:30-31
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Isa 40:26
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Ps 8:1
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Ps 136:5
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Ps 95:5
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71%
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Ps 103:20
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Gen 1:17
71%
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Isa 45:12
71%
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Ps 135:1
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Ps 8:3
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Isa 42:5
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Amos 9:6
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Ps 115:15
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Jer 10:12
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Ps 19:1
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Gen 1:20
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Acts 4:24
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Ps 149:1
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1Praise ye Jehovah. Sing unto Jehovah a new song, And his praise in the assembly of the saints.