Psalms 97:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵאִ֣ירוּ בְרָקָ֣יו תֵּבֵ֑ל רָאֲתָ֖ה וַתָּחֵ֣ל הָאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

hēʾîrû ḇərāqāyw tēḇēl rāʾătāh wa-tāḥēl hā-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*hēʾîrû*: hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they lit up/illuminated
*ḇərāqāyw*: noun, masculine plural + suffix, 3rd person masculine singular - his lightnings
*tēḇēl*: noun, feminine singular - world/inhabited world
*rāʾătāh*: qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she saw
*wa-tāḥēl*: conjunction waw + qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - and she trembled
*hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/land

Word Meanings

*hēʾîrû*: lit up/illuminated/gave light to
*ḇərāqāyw*: his lightnings/his flashes
*tēḇēl*: world/inhabited earth/populated land
*tāḥēl*: trembled/writhed/was in anguish

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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

Ps 104:32 : 32 Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
Ps 77:18 : 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.
Ps 96:9 : 9 Oh worship Jehovah in holy array: Tremble before him, all the earth.
Exod 19:16-18 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Job 9:6 : 6 That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;
Ps 114:7 : 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
Ps 144:5-6 : 5 Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.
Jer 10:10 : 10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
Matt 27:50-51 : 50 And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;
Matt 28:2-3 : 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it. 3 His appearance was as lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
Rev 11:19 : 19 And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon {G846} called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

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