Psalms 147:8
Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up on mountains,This verse in the real world
In what words
- חָצִירchâtsîyrgrass; also a leek (collectively)
- עָבʻâbproperly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scu
- צָמַחtsâmachto sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
- מָטַרmâṭarrain
- כָּסָהkâçâhproperly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrec
- כּוּןkûwnproperly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a grea
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Job 5:10, Psa 65:9–13, Gen 9:14, Job 26:8–9, Act 14:17, Mat 5:45, 1Ki 18:44–45, Amo 5:7–8