Psalms 150:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to God in his holy place: give him praise in the heaven of his power.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַ֥לְלוּיָ֨הּ ׀ הַֽלְלוּ־אֵ֥ל בְּקָדְשׁ֑וֹ הֽ͏ַ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בִּרְקִ֥יעַ עֻזּֽוֹ

Transliteration

Hallelūyāh ׀ Hallelū-ʾēl in-qodšō Hallelūhū in-rāqîaʿ ʿuzzō

Grammar Details

• *Hallelūyāh*: imperative, plural - praise Yah
• *Hallelū*: imperative, plural - praise
• *ʾēl*: direct object marker with noun - God
• *qodšō*: noun with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his holiness/sanctuary
• *Hallelūhū*: imperative plural with 3rd person masculine singular object suffix - praise him
• *rāqîaʿ*: noun, masculine singular construct - firmament/expanse
• *ʿuzzō*: noun with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his strength/might

Word Meanings

• *ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
• *qodšō*: his sanctuary/holy place/holiness
• *rāqîaʿ*: firmament/expanse/visible arch of the sky
• *ʿuzzō*: his strength/power/might

Referenced Verses

• Ps 134:2 : 2 Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place.
• Ps 149:1 : 1 Let the Lord be praised. Make a new song to the Lord, let his praise be in the meeting of his saints.
• Ps 29:9 : 9 At the voice of the Lord the roes give birth, the leaves are taken from the trees: in his Temple everything says, Glory.
• Ps 102:19 : 19 For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven;
• Dan 12:3 : 3 And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.
• Ps 116:18-19 : 18 I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people; 19 In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord.
• Ps 118:19-20 : 19 Let the doors of righteousness be open to me; I will go in and give praise to the Lord. 20 This is the door of the Lord's house; the workers of righteousness will go in through it.
• Ps 66:13-16 : 13 I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you, 14 Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble. 15 I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.) 16 Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.
• Ps 19:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The heavens are sounding the glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear the work of his hands.
• Ezek 1:22-26 : 22 And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched out over their heads on high. 23 Under the arch their wings were straight, one stretched out to another: every one had two wings covering their bodies on this side and two covering their bodies on that side. 24 And when they went, the sound of their wings was like the sound of great waters to my ears, like the voice of the Ruler of all, a sound like the rushing of an army: when they came to rest they let down their wings. 25 And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest they let down their wings. 26 And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire stone; and on the form of the seat was the form of a man seated on it on high.
• Ezek 10:1 : 1 Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.
• Gen 1:6-8 : 6 And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so. 8 And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.