Psalms 104:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָרִ֣ים הַ֭גְּבֹהִים לַיְּעֵלִ֑ים סְ֝לָעִ֗ים מַחְסֶ֥ה לַֽשְׁפַנִּֽים׃

Transliteration

hārîm hagĕbōhîm layĕʿēlîm sĕlāʿîm maḥseh lashĕphannîm

Grammar Details

*hārîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the mountains
*hagĕbōhîm*: definite article + adjective, masculine plural - the high
*layĕʿēlîm*: preposition *lě* + definite article + noun, masculine plural - for the mountain goats
*sĕlāʿîm*: noun, masculine plural - rocks
*maḥseh*: noun, masculine singular - refuge
*lashĕphannîm*: preposition *lě* + definite article + noun, masculine plural - for the rock badgers

Word Meanings

*hārîm*: mountains, hills
*gĕbōhîm*: high, tall, lofty
*yĕʿēlîm*: mountain goats, ibexes, wild goats
*sĕlāʿîm*: rocks, cliffs, crags
*maḥseh*: refuge, shelter, hiding place
*shĕphannîm*: rock badgers, hyraxes, coneys

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 30:26 : 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Job 39:1 : 1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Lev 11:5 : 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Deut 14:7 : 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
1 Sam 24:2 : 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

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