Psalms 29:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּרְקִידֵ֥ם כְּמוֹ־עֵ֑גֶל לְבָנ֥וֹן וְ֝שִׂרְיֹ֗ן כְּמ֣וֹ בֶן־רְאֵמִֽים׃

Transliteration

wayyarqîdēm like-ʿēgel Ləbānôn wəŚiryōn like ben-rəʾēmîm

Grammar Details

• *wayyarqîdēm*: conjunction waw + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and he makes them skip
• *kəmô-ʿēgel*: preposition + masculine singular - like a calf
• *Ləbānôn*: proper noun - Lebanon
• *wəŚiryōn*: conjunction waw + proper noun - and Sirion
• *kəmô*: preposition - like
• *ben-rəʾēmîm*: masculine singular construct + masculine plural - young wild ox

Word Meanings

• *wayyarqîdēm*: makes them skip/leap/dance
• *ʿēgel*: calf/young bull
• *Śiryōn*: Sirion (another name for Mount Hermon)
• *rəʾēmîm*: wild oxen/wild bulls/antelopes

Referenced Verses

• Deut 3:9 : 9 ( Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
• Num 23:22 : 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
• Ps 92:10 : 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt{H8686)} like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed{H8804)} with fresh oil.
• Ps 114:4-7 : 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
• Jer 4:23-25 : 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
• Hab 3:6-9 : 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.