Psalms
Psalm 147:8
8who covers the sky with clouds,
who prepares rain for the earth,
who makes grass to grow on the hills.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| who covers | הַֽמְכַסֶּ֬ה | ham·ḵas·seh | Article; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular | H3680 cover |
| the sky | שָׁמַ֨יִם׀ | šā·ma·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
| with clouds | בְּעָבִ֗ים | bə·‘ā·ḇîm | Preposition-b; Noun - common plural | H5645 dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket |
| who prepares | הַמֵּכִ֣ין | ham·mê·ḵîn | Article; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H3559 be firm |
| rain | מָטָ֑ר | mā·ṭār | Noun - masculine singular | H4306 rain |
| for the earth | לָאָ֣רֶץ | lā·’ā·reṣ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| who makes grass | חָצִֽיר׃ | ḥā·ṣîr | Noun - masculine singular | H2682 green grass, herbage |
| to grow | הַמַּצְמִ֖יחַ | ham·maṣ·mî·aḥ | Article; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H6779 sprout, spring up |
| on the hills | הָרִ֣ים | hā·rîm | Noun - masculine plural | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 5:10 · Psalm 65:9–13 · Acts 14:17 · Job 26:8–9 · Genesis 9:14 · Matthew 5:45
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.