Psalms 97:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵאִ֣ירוּ בְרָקָ֣יו תֵּבֵ֑ל רָאֲתָ֖ה וַתָּחֵ֣ל הָאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

hēʾîrû ḇərāqāyw tēḇēl rāʾătāh wa-tāḥēl hā-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *hēʾîrû*: hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they lit up/illuminated
• *ḇərāqāyw*: noun, masculine plural + suffix, 3rd person masculine singular - his lightnings
• *tēḇēl*: noun, feminine singular - world/inhabited world
• *rāʾătāh*: qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she saw
• *wa-tāḥēl*: conjunction waw + qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - and she trembled
• *hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/land

Word Meanings

• *hēʾîrû*: lit up/illuminated/gave light to
• *ḇərāqāyw*: his lightnings/his flashes
• *tēḇēl*: world/inhabited earth/populated land
• *tāḥēl*: trembled/writhed/was in anguish

Referenced Verses

• Ps 104:32 : 32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
• Ps 77:18 : 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened{H8689)} the world: the earth trembled{H8804)} and shook{H8799)}.
• Ps 96:9 : 9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
• Exod 19:16-18 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
• Job 9:6 : 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
• Ps 114:7 : 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
• Ps 144:5-6 : 5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
• Jer 10:10 : 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
• Matt 27:50-51 : 50 {G1161} Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
• Matt 28:2-3 : 2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 3 {G1161} His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
• Rev 11:19 : 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
• Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.