Psalms 66:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זַמְּר֥וּ כְבֽוֹד־שְׁמ֑וֹ שִׂ֥ימוּ כָ֝ב֗וֹד תְּהִלָּֽתוֹ׃

Transliteration

Zammərû kəbôd-šəmô śîmû kābôd təhillātô

Grammar Details

• *zammərû*: verb piel imperative masculine plural - sing/praise/make music
• *kəbôd*: noun masculine singular construct - glory/honor of
• *šəmô*: noun masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name
• *śîmû*: verb qal imperative masculine plural - put/place/set
• *kābôd*: noun masculine singular - glory/honor
• *təhillātô*: noun feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his praise

Word Meanings

• *zammərû*: sing praise/make music/sing with musical instruments
• *kəbôd*: glory/honor/weight/abundance
• *śîmû*: put/place/set/establish/assign
• *kābôd*: glory/honor/splendor/dignity
• *təhillātô*: his praise/commendation/glory

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 29:10-13 : 10 ¶ Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed [be] thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. 11 Thine, O LORD, [is] the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all [that is] in the heaven and in the earth [is thine]; thine [is] the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honour [come] of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand [is] power and might; and in thine hand [it is] to make great, and to give strength unto all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
• Neh 9:5 : 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up [and] bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
• Ps 47:6-7 : 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 7 For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
• Ps 72:18 : 18 ¶ Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
• Ps 79:9 : 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
• Ps 96:3-9 : 3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. 4 For the LORD [is] great, and greatly to be praised: he [is] to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens. 6 Honour and majesty [are] before him: strength and beauty [are] in his sanctuary. 7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. 8 Give unto the LORD the glory [due unto] his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. 9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. 10 ¶ Say among the heathen [that] the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
• Ps 105:2-3 : 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
• Ps 106:2 : 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? [who] can shew forth all his praise?
• Ps 107:15 : 15 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
• Ps 107:22 : 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
• Isa 6:3 : 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.
• Isa 12:4-6 : 4 ¶ And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. 5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this [is] known in all the earth. 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
• Isa 42:12 : 12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
• Isa 49:13 : 13 ¶ Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
• Rev 4:8-9 : 8 ¶ And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
• Rev 5:13 : 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.