Psalms 99:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his holy hill; For Jehovah our God is holy.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רֽוֹמְמ֡וּ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְ֭הִֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְהַ֣ר קָדְשׁ֑וֹ כִּֽי־קָ֝ד֗וֹשׁ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

Transliteration

rôməmû YHWH ʾĕlōhênû wə-hištaḥăwû to-har qādšô kî-qādôš YHWH ʾĕlōhênû

Grammar Details

• *rôməmû*: polel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - exalt
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *ʾĕlōhênû*: common noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - our God
• *wə-hištaḥăwû*: conjunction + hishtaphel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - and bow down/worship
• *har*: common noun, masculine singular construct with preposition *lə* - to mountain of
• *qādšô*: common noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his holiness
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *qādôš*: adjective, masculine singular - holy

Word Meanings

• *rôməmû*: exalt/lift up/praise
• *hištaḥăwû*: bow down/prostrate/worship
• *har* *qādšô*: his holy mountain/mountain of his holiness
• *qādôš*: holy/sacred/set apart

Referenced Verses

• Rev 4:8 : 8 and the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.
• Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
• Ps 48:1-2 : 1 A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain. 2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, The city of the great King.
• Ps 87:1-3 : 1 A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. {H5542}
• Ps 99:3 : 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name: Holy is he.
• Ps 99:5 : 5 Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his footstool: Holy is he.
• Isa 5:16 : 16 but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
• Isa 6:3 : 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
• Hab 1:12 : 12 Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.
• Luke 1:49 : 49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; And holy is his name.
• 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; 16 because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and none shall shut, and that shutteth and none openeth: