Psalms
Psalm 144:5–6
5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down;
touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them;
shoot Your arrows and rout them.
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.
Psalm 144:5
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part | הַט־ | haṭ- | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend |
| Your heavens | שָׁמֶ֣יךָ | šā·me·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H8064 sky, aloft |
| O LORD | יְ֭הוָה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| and come down | וְתֵרֵ֑ד | wə·ṯê·rêḏ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular | H3381 come or go down, descend |
| touch | גַּ֖ע | ga‘ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H5060 touch, reach, strike |
| the mountains | בֶּהָרִ֣ים | be·hā·rîm | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| that they may smoke | וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ׃ | wə·ye·‘ĕ·šā·nū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H6225 smoke, be wroth |
Psalm 144:6
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash forth | בְּר֣וֹק | bə·rō·wq | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H1299 flash |
| Your lightning | בָּ֭רָק | bā·rāq | Noun - masculine singular | H1300 lightning |
| and scatter them | וּתְפִיצֵ֑ם | ū·ṯə·p̄î·ṣêm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine plural | H6327 be dispersed, scattered |
| shoot | שְׁלַ֥ח | šə·laḥ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7971 send |
| Your arrows | חִ֝צֶּ֗יךָ | ḥiṣ·ṣe·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H2671 arrow |
| and rout them | וּתְהֻמֵּֽם׃ | ū·ṯə·hum·mêm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine plural | H2000 make a noise, move noisily, confuse, discomfit |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 144:5 Psalm 104:32 · Psalm 18:9 · Exodus 19:18 · Habakkuk 3:3–6
Psalm 144:6 Deuteronomy 32:23 · Psalm 18:13–14 · Deuteronomy 32:42 · Psalm 21:12 · Psalm 45:5 · Psalm 7:12–13 · 2 Samuel 22:12–15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.