Psalms 147:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ ׀ כִּי־ט֭וֹב זַמְּרָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־נָ֝עִים נָאוָ֥ה תְהִלָּֽה׃

Transliteration

Halelu yāh for tōwb zammerāh ʾĕlōhênū for nāʿîm nāʾwāh tehillāh

Grammar Details

• *Halelu*: imperative, plural - praise/celebrate
• *yāh*: shortened form of divine name YHWH
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *tōwb*: adjective, masculine singular - good/pleasant
• *zammerāh*: noun, feminine singular - music/singing/praise
• *ʾĕlōhênū*: noun with 1st person plural possessive suffix - our God
• *nāʿîm*: adjective, masculine singular - pleasant/delightful
• *nāʾwāh*: adjective, feminine singular - fitting/becoming/appropriate
• *tehillāh*: noun, feminine singular - praise/song of praise

Word Meanings

• *Halelu yāh*: Praise the LORD/Praise Yah/Hallelujah
• *tōwb*: good/pleasant/beneficial/appropriate
• *zammerāh*: psalm/music/melody/singing
• *nāʿîm*: pleasant/sweet/delightful/agreeable
• *nāʾwāh*: fitting/becoming/beautiful/appropriate
• *tehillāh*: praise/adoration/song of praise

Referenced Verses

• Ps 33:1 : 1 Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.
• Ps 135:3 : 3 Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his name, for it is pleasing.
• Ps 92:1 : 1 <A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.> It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High;
• Ps 122:1-4 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord. 2 At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem. 3 O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined together; 4 To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the Lord, for a witness to Israel, to give praise to the name of the Lord.
• Ps 42:4 : 4 Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.
• Ps 63:3-5 : 3 Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise. 4 So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name. 5 My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;
• Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation, 10 And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth. 11 And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing. 13 And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever. 14 And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.
• Rev 19:1-6 : 1 After these things there came to my ears a sound like the voice of a great band of people in heaven, saying, Praise to the Lord; salvation and glory and power be to our God: 2 For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants. 3 And again they said, Praise to the Lord. And her smoke went up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty rulers and the four beasts went down on their faces and gave worship to God who was seated on the high seat, saying, Even so, praise to the Lord. 5 And a voice came from the high seat, saying, Give praise to our God, all you his servants, small and great, in whom is the fear of him. 6 And there came to my ears the voice of a great army, like the sound of waters, and the sound of loud thunders, saying, Praise to the Lord: for the Lord our God, Ruler of all, is King.