Psalms

Psalm 115:15–16

¹⁵May you be blessed by the LORD,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

¹⁶The highest heavens belong to the LORD,

but the earth He has given to mankind.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
May you	אַ֭תֶּם	’at·tem	Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
be blessed	בְּרוּכִ֣ים	bə·rū·ḵîm	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural	H1288 kneel, bless
by the LORD	לַיהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the Maker	עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה	‘ō·śêh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H6213 do, make
of heaven	שָׁמַ֥יִם	šā·ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and earth	וָאָֽרֶץ׃	wā·’ā·reṣ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The highest heavens	הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
belong to the LORD	לַיהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
but the earth	וְ֝הָאָ֗רֶץ	wə·hā·’ā·reṣ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
He has given	נָתַ֥ן	nā·ṯan	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
to mankind	אָדָֽם׃	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind

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

Psalm 115:15 Psalm 134:3 · Revelation 14:7 · Genesis 1:1 · Genesis 14:19 · Psalm 121:2 · Psalm 96:5 · Genesis 32:26–29 · 1 Peter 3:9 · Ephesians 1:3–4 · Psalm 146:5–6 · Psalm 124:8 · Acts 14:15

Psalm 115:16 Psalm 8:6 · Psalm 89:11 · Genesis 1:28–30 · Jeremiah 27:5–6 · Genesis 9:1–3 · Deuteronomy 32:8 · Psalm 144:5 · Isaiah 66:1 · Lamentations 3:66 · John 14:2 · Psalm 148:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.