8 {
"verseID": "Psalms.147.8",
"source": "הַֽמְכַסֶּ֬ה שָׁמַ֨יִם ׀ בְּעָבִ֗ים הַמֵּכִ֣ין לָאָ֣רֶץ מָטָ֑ר הַמַּצְמִ֖יחַ הָרִ֣ים חָצִֽיר׃",
"text": "*Hamkhasseh shāmayim beʿābîm hammēkhîn lāʾārets māṭār hammatsemiakh hārîm hātsîr*",
"grammar": {
"*Hamkhasseh*": "participle with definite article, masculine singular, Piel - the one covering",
"*shāmayim*": "noun, masculine plural - heavens/sky",
"*beʿābîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - with clouds",
"*hammēkhîn*": "participle with definite article, masculine singular, Hiphil - the one preparing",
"*lāʾārets*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - for the earth",
"*māṭār*": "noun, masculine singular - rain",
"*hammatsemiakh*": "participle with definite article, masculine singular, Hiphil - the one causing to grow",
"*hārîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the mountains",
"*hātsîr*": "noun, masculine singular - grass/vegetation"
},
"variants": {
"*Hamkhasseh*": "covers/covering/who covers",
"*shāmayim*": "heavens/sky/skies",
"*ʿābîm*": "clouds/thick clouds",
"*hammēkhîn*": "prepares/provides/makes ready",
"*māṭār*": "rain/rainfall",
"*hammatsemiakh*": "makes grow/causes to sprout",
"*hātsîr*": "grass/hay/vegetation"
}
}