Psalms 68:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָ֤מָּה ׀ תְּֽרַצְּדוּן֮ הָרִ֢ים גַּבְנֻ֫נִּ֥ים הָהָ֗ר חָמַ֣ד אֱלֹהִ֣ים לְשִׁבְתּ֑וֹ אַף־יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן לָנֶֽצַח׃

Transliteration

lāmmâ təraṣṣədûn hārîm gabnunnîm the-hār ḥāmad ʾĕlōhîm lə-šibtô ʾap-YHWH yiškōn lā-neṣaḥ

Grammar Details

• *lāmmâ*: interrogative particle - 'why'
• *təraṣṣədûn*: Piel imperfect 2nd masculine plural with paragogic nun - 'you look with envy'
• *hārîm*: masculine plural noun - 'mountains'
• *gabnunnîm*: masculine plural adjective - 'many-peaked'
• the-*hār*: definite article + masculine singular noun - 'the mountain'
• *ḥāmad*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'he desired'
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with singular meaning - 'God'
• *lə-šibtô*: preposition לְ (for) + Qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - 'for his dwelling'
• *ʾap*: particle - 'indeed/also'
• *YHWH*: divine name - 'LORD'
• *yiškōn*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'he will dwell'
• *lā-neṣaḥ*: preposition לְ (for) + definite article + masculine singular noun - 'forever'

Word Meanings

• *təraṣṣədûn*: you look with envy/you watch jealously/you leap
• *ḥāmad*: desired/took pleasure in/delighted in
• *šibtô*: his dwelling/his habitation/his abode
• *neṣaḥ*: forever/perpetuity/eternity

Referenced Verses

• Deut 33:2 : 2 And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
• Dan 7:10 : 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
• Hab 3:8 : 8 Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation?
• Matt 26:53 : 53 Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
• Rev 5:11 : 11 And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
• Rev 9:16 : 16 And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: {G2532} I heard the number of them.
• 2 Kgs 2:11 : 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
• 2 Kgs 6:16-17 : 16 And he answered, Fear not; for they that are with us are more than they that are with them. 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
• Ps 18:10 : 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
• Ezek 1:15-28 : 15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel. 17 When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about. 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went; thither was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 22 And over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, like the terrible crystal to look upon, stretched forth over their heads above. 23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies. 24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 25 And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings. 26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above. 27 And I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him. 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
• Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
• Exod 19:22-23 : 22 And let the priests also, that come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them. 23 And Moses said unto Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou didst charge us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.