Psalms 136:5

World English Bible (2000)

To him who by understanding made the heavens; for his loving kindness endures forever:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְעֹשֵׂ֣ה הַ֭שָּׁמַיִם בִּתְבוּנָ֑ה כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ

Transliteration

to-ʿōśēh the-šāmayim in-təbûnāh because to-ʿôlām ḥasdô

Grammar Details

• *ʿōśēh*: participle, masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for the one making
• *šāmayim*: noun, masculine dual with definite article - the heavens
• *təbûnāh*: noun, feminine singular with prefixed preposition bet - in/with understanding
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for eternity/forever
• *ḥasdô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his steadfast love/mercy/kindness

Word Meanings

• *ʿōśēh*: making/creating/fashioning
• *šāmayim*: heavens/sky
• *təbûnāh*: understanding/intelligence/insight/skill
• *ʿôlām*: eternity/long duration/antiquity
• *ḥasdô*: his steadfast love/mercy/kindness/covenant faithfulness

Referenced Verses

• Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• Jer 51:15 : 15 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
• Ps 104:24 : 24 Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
• Prov 3:19-20 : 19 By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens. 20 By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
• Prov 8:22-29 : 22 "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was brought forth; 26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world. 27 When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep, 28 when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong, 29 when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;
• Jer 10:12 : 12 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
• Ps 33:6 : 6 By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.