Psalms 97:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָרִ֗ים כַּדּוֹנַ֗ג נָ֭מַסּוּ מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה מִ֝לִּפְנֵ֗י אֲד֣וֹן כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

hārîm ka-ddônaḡ nāmassû mi-llip̄nê YHWH mi-llip̄nê ʾăḏôn kol-hā-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*hārîm*: noun, masculine plural - mountains
*ka-ddônaḡ*: preposition kaf + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like wax
*nāmassû*: niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they melted
*mi-llip̄nê*: preposition min + preposition + construct noun - from before
*YHWH*: proper divine name
*ʾăḏôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - lord/master of
*kol-hā-ʾāreṣ*: noun, masculine singular construct + definite article + noun, feminine singular - all the earth

Word Meanings

*hārîm*: mountains/hills/elevated terrain
*nāmassû*: they melted/dissolved/liquified
*mi-llip̄nê*: from before/from the presence of/because of
*ʾăḏôn*: lord/master/owner

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Nah 1:5 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Josh 3:11 : 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into the Jordan.
Judg 5:4-5 : 4 Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water. 5 The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Ps 46:6 : 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Ps 47:2 : 2 For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.
Ps 83:18 : 18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.
Isa 24:19-20 : 19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently. 20 The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Isa 64:1-2 : 1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence, 2 as when fire kindleth the brushwood, [and] the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
Mic 1:3-4 : 3 For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. 4 And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
Mic 4:13 : 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
Hab 3:6 : 6 He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.
Zech 4:14 : 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
Mark 11:3 : 3 And if any one say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye, The Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him back hither.
1 Cor 1:2 : 2 unto the church of God which is at Corinth, [even] them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, {G5037} their [Lord] and ours:

Similar Verses (AI)

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4Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
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5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
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Mic 1:3-4
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3For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
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Isa 64:1-3
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Rev 6:14
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1 Chr 16:30
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Exod 19:18
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