Psalms

Psalm 114:3–6

³The sea observed and fled;

the Jordan turned back;

⁴the mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

⁵Why was it, O sea, that you fled,

O Jordan, that you turned back,

⁶O mountains, that you skipped like rams,

O hills, like lambs?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The sea	הַיָּ֣ם	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
observed	רָ֭אָה	rā·’āh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7200 see
and fled	וַיָּנֹ֑ס	way·yā·nōs	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5127 flee, escape
the Jordan	הַ֝יַּרְדֵּ֗ן	hay·yar·dên	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3383 Jordan
turned	יִסֹּ֥ב	yis·sōḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5437 turn about, go around, surround
back	לְאָחֽוֹר׃	lə·’ā·ḥō·wr	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H268 the hinder side, back part

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
the mountains	הֶֽ֭הָרִים	he·hā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
skipped	רָקְד֣וּ	rā·qə·ḏū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7540 skip about
like rams	כְאֵילִ֑ים	ḵə·’ê·lîm	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural	H352 ram
the hills	גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת	gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1389 hill
like lambs	כִּבְנֵי־	kiḇ·nê-	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why was it	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
O sea	הַ֭יָּם	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
that	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you fled	תָנ֑וּס	ṯā·nūs	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5127 flee, escape
O Jordan	הַ֝יַּרְדֵּ֗ן	hay·yar·dên	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3383 Jordan
that you turned	תִּסֹּ֥ב	tis·sōḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5437 turn about, go around, surround
back	לְאָחֽוֹר׃	lə·’ā·ḥō·wr	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H268 the hinder side, back part

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
O mountains	הֶֽ֭הָרִים	he·hā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
that you skipped	תִּרְקְד֣וּ	tir·qə·ḏū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H7540 skip about
like rams	כְאֵילִ֑ים	ḵə·’ê·lîm	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural	H352 ram
O hills	גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת	gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1389 hill
like lambs	כִּבְנֵי־	kiḇ·nê-	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 114:3 Exodus 14:21 · Psalm 77:16 · Habakkuk 3:8–9 · Joshua 3:13–16 · Habakkuk 3:15 · Isaiah 63:12 · Psalm 104:7 · Psalm 74:15 · Exodus 15:8 · Psalm 106:9

Psalm 114:4 Judges 5:4–5 · Exodus 19:18 · Exodus 20:18 · Habakkuk 3:6 · Jeremiah 4:23–24 · 2 Peter 3:7–11 · Habakkuk 3:8 · Revelation 20:11 · Micah 1:3–4 · Psalm 18:7 · Psalm 29:6 · Nahum 1:5

Psalm 114:5 Habakkuk 3:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.