Psalms 76:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַתָּ֤ה ׀ נ֥וֹרָא אַ֗תָּה וּמִֽי־יַעֲמֹ֥ד לְפָנֶ֗יךָ מֵאָ֥ז אַפֶּֽךָ

Transliteration

ʾattâ nôrāʾ ʾattâ û-mî-yaʿămōd before pānêkā from ʾāz ʾappêkā

Grammar Details

*ʾattâ*: personal pronoun 2nd person masculine singular - 'you'
*nôrāʾ*: niphal participle masculine singular - 'fearful/awesome'
*û-mî*: interrogative pronoun with prefixed waw - 'and who'
*yaʿămōd*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'will stand'
*pānêkā*: masculine plural noun (face) with 2nd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition lamed - 'before your face'
*ʾāz*: adverb with prefixed preposition min - 'from then/since'
*ʾappêkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your anger'

Word Meanings

*nôrāʾ*: fearful/awesome/terrifying
*yaʿămōd*: will stand/can stand/endure
*pānêkā*: your face/your presence
*ʾāz*: then/at that time/since
*ʾappêkā*: your anger/your nose/your wrath

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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

2 Chr 20:29-30 : 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel. 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.
Hab 2:20 : 20 But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Zech 2:13 : 13 Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.
Exod 19:10 : 10 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments,
Judg 5:20 : 20 From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera.
1 Chr 16:30 : 30 Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved.
2 Chr 32:20-22 : 20 And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven. 21 And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth from his own bowels slew him there with the sword. 22 Thus Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.
Ps 46:10 : 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
Ezek 38:20-23 : 20 so that the fishes of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. 21 And I will call for a sword against him unto all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah: every man's sword shall be against his brother. 22 And with pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

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