Psalms 29:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ק֤וֹל יְהוָ֨ה ׀ יְחוֹלֵ֣ל אַיָּלוֹת֮ וַֽיֶּחֱשֹׂ֢ף יְעָ֫ר֥וֹת וּבְהֵיכָל֑וֹ כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹ אֹמֵ֥ר כָּבֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

qôl YHWH yəḥôlēl ʾayyālôt wayyeḥĕśōp yəʿārôt ûbəhêkālô kullô ʾōmēr kābôd

Grammar Details

*qôl*: masculine singular construct - voice of
*YHWH*: divine name
*yəḥôlēl*: Polel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - causes to writhe/brings forth
*ʾayyālôt*: feminine plural - does/hinds
*wayyeḥĕśōp*: conjunction waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and strips bare
*yəʿārôt*: masculine plural - forests
*ûbəhêkālô*: conjunction waw + preposition bet + masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and in his temple/palace
*kullô*: masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - all of it
*ʾōmēr*: Qal participle, masculine singular - saying
*kābôd*: masculine singular - glory

Word Meanings

*yəḥôlēl*: causes to writhe/brings forth/makes to calve
*wayyeḥĕśōp*: strips bare/lays bare/uncovers
*yəʿārôt*: forests/woods/thickets
*hêkāl*: temple/palace/sanctuary

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical 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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Referenced Verses

Job 39:1-3 : 1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.
Ps 26:8 : 8 Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.
Ps 46:2-5 : 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {H5542} 4 There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. 5 God is in the midst of her; She shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early.
Ps 48:9 : 9 We have thought on thy lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of thy temple.
Ps 63:2 : 2 So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory.
Ps 134:1-2 : 1 A Song of Ascents. Behold, bless ye Jehovah, all ye servants of Jehovah, That by night stand in the house of Jehovah. 2 Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.
Ps 135:1-2 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise ye the name of Jehovah; Praise [him], O ye servants of Jehovah, 2 Ye that stand in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of the house of our God.
Isa 9:18 : 18 For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Isa 10:18-19 : 18 And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth. 19 And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
Ezek 20:46-48 : 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South; 47 and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby. 48 And all flesh shall see that I, Jehovah, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.

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