Psalms 148:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ שְׁמֵ֣י הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝הַמַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר ׀ מֵעַ֬ל הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

Hallelûhû šemê haššāmayim wehammayim ʾăšer mēʿal haššāmāyim

Grammar Details

• *Hallelûhû*: imperative plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - praise him
• *šemê*: noun masculine plural construct - heavens of
• *haššāmayim*: definite noun masculine plural - the heavens
• *wehammayim*: conjunction + definite noun masculine plural - and the waters
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *mēʿal*: preposition compound - from above/over
• *haššāmāyim*: definite noun masculine plural - the heavens

Word Meanings

• *šemê*: heavens of/skies of
• *haššāmayim*: the heavens/the sky
• *hammayim*: the waters/the liquid substance
• *mēʿal*: from above/over/beyond

Referenced Verses

• Gen 1:7 : 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
• 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
• Neh 9:6 : 6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
• Ps 68:33 : 33 To him that rideth{H8802)} upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out{H8799)} his voice, and that a mighty voice.
• Ps 104:3 : 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
• Ps 113:6 : 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
• 2 Cor 12:2 : 2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago,(whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
• Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
• Deut 10:14 : 14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.