Psalms 133:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּטַל־חֶרְמ֗וֹן שֶּׁיֹּרֵד֮ עַל־הַרְרֵ֢י צִ֫יּ֥וֹן כִּ֤י שָׁ֨ם ׀ צִוָּ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אֶת־הַבְּרָכָ֑ה חַ֝יִּ֗ים עַד־הָעוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

Like-ṭal-ḥermôn that-yōrēd upon-harrēy ṣiyyôn kî there ṣiwwâ YHWH ʾet-the-bərākâ ḥayyîm until-the-ʿôlām

Grammar Details

*ṭal*: noun, masculine singular with preposition kaf - like dew of
*ḥermôn*: proper noun - Hermon
*yōrēd*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular with relative pronoun - that descends/flows down
*harrēy*: construct noun, masculine plural - mountains of
*ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
*kî*: conjunction - for/because/that
*ṣiwwâ*: verb, Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - commanded/ordained
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*bərākâ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the blessing
*ḥayyîm*: noun, masculine plural - life
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the everlasting/eternity

Word Meanings

*ṭal*: dew/moisture
*yōrēd*: coming down/descending/flowing
*harrēy ṣiyyôn*: mountains of Zion/hills of Zion
*ṣiwwâ*: commanded/ordained/decreed
*ḥayyîm*: life/living/lifetime
*ʿad-hāʿôlām*: forever/everlasting/for eternity

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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:8 : 8 Yet the LORD will command{H8762)} his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Lev 25:21 : 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
Deut 4:48 : 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
Deut 28:8 : 8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Ps 21:4 : 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Ps 16:11 : 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Deut 3:8-9 : 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; 9 ( Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
John 4:14 : 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
John 5:24 : 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you , He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 5:29 : 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
John 6:50-51 : 50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
John 6:68 : 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Rom 5:21 : 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
1 John 5:11 : 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Rev 1:18 : 18 {G2532} I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Josh 13:11 : 11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

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