Psalms 104:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֹֽטֶה־א֭וֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָ֑ה נוֹטֶ֥ה שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם כַּיְרִיעָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʿōṭeh-ʾôr kaśśalmāh nôṭeh shāmayim kayĕrîʿāh

Grammar Details

*ʿōṭeh*: participle, qal active, masculine singular - covering, wrapping
*ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular - light
*kaśśalmāh*: preposition *kě* + definite article + noun, feminine singular - like the garment/cloak
*nôṭeh*: participle, qal active, masculine singular - stretching out, spreading
*shāmayim*: noun, masculine plural - heavens, sky
*kayĕrîʿāh*: preposition *kě* + noun, feminine singular - like a curtain/tent-cloth

Word Meanings

*ʿōṭeh*: covering, wrapping, enveloping
*ʾôr*: light, illumination, daylight, sunlight
*śalmāh*: garment, cloak, mantle
*nôṭeh*: stretching out, extending, spreading
*shāmayim*: heavens, sky, firmament
*yĕrîʿāh*: curtain, tent-cloth, hanging

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 40:22 : 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Dan 7:9 : 9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
Matt 17:2 : 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
1 John 1:5 : 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Isa 45:12 : 12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

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