Psalms 99:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Let them praise your great and awesome name! He is holy!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יוֹד֣וּ שִׁ֭מְךָ גָּד֥וֹל וְנוֹרָ֗א קָד֥וֹשׁ הֽוּא׃

Transliteration

yôdû šimḵā gādôl wə-nôrāʾ qādôš hûʾ

Grammar Details

• *yôdû*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will praise
• *šimḵā*: common noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name
• *gādôl*: adjective, masculine singular - great
• *wə-nôrāʾ*: conjunction + niphal participle, masculine singular - and awesome/fearful
• *qādôš*: adjective, masculine singular - holy
• *hûʾ*: personal pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he/it

Word Meanings

• *yôdû*: praise/thank/acknowledge
• *gādôl*: great/mighty/large
• *nôrāʾ*: awesome/fearsome/terrible/to be revered

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:58 : 58 The Curse of Covenant Termination“If you refuse to obey all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God,
• Josh 24:19 : 19 Joshua warned the people,“You will not keep worshiping the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
• Isa 6:3 : 3 They called out to one another,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”
• Ps 111:9 : 9 He delivered his people; he ordained that his covenant be observed forever. His name is holy and awesome.
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 No one is holy like the LORD! There is no one other than you! There is no rock like our God!
• Neh 1:5 : 5 Then I said,“Please, O LORD God of heaven, great and awesome God, who keeps his loving covenant with those who love him and obey his commandments,
• Neh 4:14 : 14 When I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people,“Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!”
• Neh 9:32 : 32 “So now, our God– the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity– do not regard as inconsequential all the hardship that has befallen us– our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people– from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day!
• Ps 66:3 : 3 Say to God:“How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.
• Ps 76:1 : 1 For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song. God has revealed himself in Judah; in Israel his reputation is great.
• Ps 76:12 : 12 He humbles princes; the kings of the earth regard him as awesome.
• Ps 145:17 : 17 The LORD is just in all his actions, and exhibits love in all he does.
• Deut 7:21 : 21 You must not tremble in their presence, for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a great and awesome God.
• Jer 20:11 : 11 But the LORD is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior. Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me. They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.
• John 17:11 : 11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.
• Rev 4:8 : 8 Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying:“Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!”
• Rev 15:3-4 : 3 They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb:“Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations! 4 Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”