Psalms 29:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

The voice of Jehovah `is' on the waters, The God of glory hath thundered, Jehovah `is' on many waters.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ק֥וֹל יְהוָ֗ה עַל־הַ֫מָּ֥יִם אֵֽל־הַכָּב֥וֹד הִרְעִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה עַל־מַ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃

Transliteration

qôl YHWH upon-the-mayim ʾēl-the-kābôd hirʿîm YHWH upon-mayim rabbîm

Grammar Details

• *qôl*: masculine singular construct - voice/sound of
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʿal-hammayim*: preposition + definite article + masculine plural - upon the waters
• *ʾēl-hakkābôd*: masculine singular + definite article + masculine singular - God of the glory/the God of glory
• *hirʿîm*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - thundered/caused thunder
• *ʿal-mayim*: preposition + masculine plural - upon waters
• *rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many/great

Word Meanings

• *qôl*: voice/sound/thunder
• *hirʿîm*: thundered/roared/made to thunder
• *ʾēl-hakkābôd*: God of glory/the glorious God

Referenced Verses

• Ps 18:13-15 : 13 And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire. 14 And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them. 15 And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger.
• Ps 24:7-9 : 7 Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory! 8 Who `is' this -- `the king of glory?' Jehovah -- strong and mighty, Jehovah, the mighty in battle. 9 Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory! 10 Who `is' He -- this `king of glory?' Jehovah of hosts -- He `is' the king of glory! Selah.
• Ps 93:3-4 : 3 Floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, Floods have lifted up their voice, Floods lift up their breakers. 4 Than the voices of many mighty waters, Breakers of a sea, mighty on high `is' Jehovah,
• Rev 16:18 : 18 and there came voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and a great earthquake came, such as came not since men came upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake -- so great!
• Rev 17:14-15 : 14 these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, and those with him are called, and choice, and stedfast.' 15 And he saith to me, `The waters that thou didst see, where the whore doth sit, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues;'
• Rev 19:6 : 6 and I heard as the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, `Alleluia! because reign did the Lord God -- the Almighty!
• Ps 77:16-19 : 16 The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid -- also depths are troubled. 17 Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also -- Thine arrows go up and down. 18 The voice of Thy thunder `is' in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth hath trembled, yea, it shaketh. 19 In the sea `is' Thy way, And Thy paths `are' in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known.
• Exod 9:28 : 28 make ye supplication unto Jehovah, and plead that there be no voices of God and hail, and I send you away, and ye add not to remain.'
• Exod 9:33 : 33 And Moses goeth out from Pharaoh, `from' the city, and spreadeth his hands unto Jehovah, and the voices and the hail cease, and rain hath not been poured out to the earth;
• Exod 19:16 : 16 And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who `are' in the camp do tremble.
• 1 Sam 7:10 : 10 and Samuel is causing the burnt-offering to go up -- and the Philistines have drawn nigh to battle against Israel -- and Jehovah doth thunder with a great noise, on that day, upon the Philistines, and troubleth them, and they are smitten before Israel.
• Job 37:2-5 : 2 Hearken diligently to the trembling of His voice, Yea, the sound from His mouth goeth forth. 3 Under the whole heavens He directeth it, And its light `is' over the skirts of the earth. 4 After it roar doth a voice -- He thundereth with the voice of His excellency, And He doth not hold them back, When His voice is heard. 5 God thundereth with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we know not.
• Ps 104:3 : 3 Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,
• Matt 8:26-27 : 26 And he saith to them, `Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm; 27 and the men wondered, saying, `What kind -- is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'
• John 12:29 : 29 the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there hath been thunder; others said, `A messenger hath spoken to him.'
• Acts 7:2 : 2 and he said, `Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,
• Rev 4:5 : 5 and out of the throne proceed do lightnings, and thunders, and voices; and seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the Seven Spirits of God,
• Rev 8:5 : 5 and the messenger took the censer, and did fill it out of the fire of the altar, and did cast `it' to the earth, and there came voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
• Rev 11:19 : 19 And opened was the sanctuary of God in the heaven, and there was seen the ark of His covenant in His sanctuary, and there did come lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.