Psalms 147:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גָּד֣וֹל אֲדוֹנֵ֣ינוּ וְרַב־כֹּ֑חַ לִ֝תְבוּנָת֗וֹ אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

Transliteration

Gādōwl ʾădōnênū werab-kōah liṯbūnāṯōw ʾên mispār

Grammar Details

• *Gādōwl*: adjective, masculine singular - great
• *ʾădōnênū*: noun with 1st person plural possessive suffix - our Lord
• *werab*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular construct - and abundant/great of
• *kōah*: noun, masculine singular - strength/power
• *liṯbūnāṯōw*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his understanding
• *ʾên*: particle of negation - there is no
• *mispār*: noun, masculine singular - number/count

Word Meanings

• *Gādōwl*: great/large/mighty/important
• *ʾădōnênū*: our Lord/our Master
• *rab-kōah*: great in power/abundant in strength
• *ṯbūnāṯōw*: his understanding/his intelligence/his insight
• *ʾên mispār*: without number/countless/innumerable/infinite

Referenced Verses

• Isa 40:28 : 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
• Ps 48:1 : 1 A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised{H8794)} in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
• Nah 1:3 : 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
• Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
• Ps 96:4 : 4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
• Ps 99:2 : 2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
• 1 Chr 16:25 : 25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
• Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful{H8737)} works which thou hast done{H8804)}, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order{H8800)} unto thee: if I would declare{H8686)} and speak{H8762)} of them, they are more{H8804)} than can be numbered{H8763)}.
• Ps 139:17-18 : 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
• Ps 145:3 : 3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
• Ps 135:5 : 5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
• Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
• Jer 10:6 : 6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
• Jer 32:17-19 : 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: 18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: