Psalms 96:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let the field exult, and all that is therein; Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַעֲלֹ֣ז שָׂ֭דַי וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בּ֑וֹ אָ֥ז יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ כָּל־עֲצֵי־יָֽעַר׃

Transliteration

yaʿălōz śāḏay and-all-ʾăšer-in-bô ʾāz yərannənû all-ʿăṣê-yāʿar

Grammar Details

*yaʿălōz*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will exult/rejoice
*śāḏay*: noun, masculine singular - field/open country
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - that/which
*bô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in it
*ʾāz*: adverb - then/at that time
*yərannənû*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will sing for joy
*ʿăṣê*: noun, masculine plural construct - trees of
*yāʿar*: noun, masculine singular - forest/woods

Word Meanings

*yaʿălōz*: will exult/rejoice/be jubilant
*śāḏay*: field/countryside/open country
*ʾāz*: then/at that time
*yərannənû*: will sing for joy/shout joyfully/sing praises
*ʿăṣê*: trees of/timber of
*yāʿar*: forest/woods/thicket

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 55:12-13 : 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Ps 65:12-13 : 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered over with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Isa 35:1 : 1 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
Isa 42:10-11 : 10 Sing unto Jehovah a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Isa 44:23 : 23 Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

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