Psalms 29:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ק֤וֹל יְהוָ֨ה ׀ יְחוֹלֵ֣ל אַיָּלוֹת֮ וַֽיֶּחֱשֹׂ֢ף יְעָ֫ר֥וֹת וּבְהֵיכָל֑וֹ כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹ אֹמֵ֥ר כָּבֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

qôl YHWH yəḥôlēl ʾayyālôt wayyeḥĕśōp yəʿārôt ûbəhêkālô kullô ʾōmēr kābôd

Grammar Details

• *qôl*: masculine singular construct - voice of
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *yəḥôlēl*: Polel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - causes to writhe/brings forth
• *ʾayyālôt*: feminine plural - does/hinds
• *wayyeḥĕśōp*: conjunction waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and strips bare
• *yəʿārôt*: masculine plural - forests
• *ûbəhêkālô*: conjunction waw + preposition bet + masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and in his temple/palace
• *kullô*: masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - all of it
• *ʾōmēr*: Qal participle, masculine singular - saying
• *kābôd*: masculine singular - glory

Word Meanings

• *yəḥôlēl*: causes to writhe/brings forth/makes to calve
• *wayyeḥĕśōp*: strips bare/lays bare/uncovers
• *yəʿārôt*: forests/woods/thickets
• *hêkāl*: temple/palace/sanctuary

Referenced Verses

• Job 39:1-3 : 1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
• Ps 26:8 : 8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
• Ps 46:2-5 : 2 Therefore will not we fear{H8799)}, though the earth be removed{H8687)}, and though the mountains be carried{H8800)} into the midst of the sea; 3 Though the waters thereof roar{H8799)} and be troubled{H8799)}, though the mountains shake{H8799)} with the swelling thereof. Selah. 4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad{H8762)} the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved{H8735)}: God shall help{H8799)} her, and that right{H8800)} early.
• Ps 48:9 : 9 We have thought{H8765)} of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
• Ps 63:2 : 2 To see{H8800)} thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen{H8804)} thee in the sanctuary.
• Ps 134:1-2 : 1 A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD. 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
• Ps 135:1-2 : 1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD. 2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,
• Isa 9:18 : 18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
• Isa 10:18-19 : 18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
• Ezek 20:46-48 : 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. 48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.