Psalms 100:1–5

Its words in the original

• מִזְמוֹרmizmor· psalm

  Psalm: a song sung with instruments. It is the title of many of the poems in the book of Psalms.

• תוֹדָהtoda· thanksgiving

  Thanksgiving: acknowledging aloud what God has done; also the sacrifice offered to give thanks, and a choir giving thanks.

• הָרִיעוּhariu· shout, sound an alarm

  Make a loud sound: shout for joy or in alarm, acclaim, sound the signal with the trumpet.

• יהוָהyhva· YHWH

  The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

• אָרֶץarets· earth, land

  The earth, in two senses: the whole world in contrast with the heavens, or a particular country or region ("the land of Egypt").

• עִבְדוּivdu· work, serve

  Work; serve. Till the ground, serve a person, or serve God (worship him). In the causative form, make someone serve, enslave.

• שִׂמְחָהsimcha· joy

  Joy, gladness, celebration.

• בֹּאוּbou· come, go in, bring

  Come, arrive, go in, enter. In the causative form, "bring" or "carry in". "Go in to" a woman is to have marital relations with her.

• פָנָיfanay· face, presence

  Face. From there "surface" (the face of something) and "presence" (being before someone's face); with a preposition it means "before" or "in front of".

• רְנָנָהrenana· shout of joy

  A shout of joy, a glad song.

• דְּעוּdeu· know

  Know. Not only having a fact: it is knowing by experience and closely; also recognize, care for, make known. So Hebrew also uses it for the intimate union of a man and his wife ("he knew his wife").

• אֱלֹהִיםelohim· Elohim, God, gods

  The Hebrew word usually translated "God". This translation keeps "Elohim" when it speaks of the one true God, the Creator, the God of Israel. The word ends like a plural, but it does not mean several: for him the verb is singular ("Elohim created"); the plural form expresses greatness. The same word as a common noun names the "gods" of other peoples, and there it is a true plural, translated "gods". It is also used of mighty ones or judges.

• עָשָׂasa· do, make

  Do, make, in the widest sense: build, produce, carry out, keep (a command), prepare.

• עַמּam· people

  People: a human group joined by kinship, history and destiny. "My people", said by God, is Israel. Also the people as a crowd, or troops.

• צֹאןtson· flock

  Flock of sheep and goats, small livestock; figuratively, a people led like a flock.

• מַרְעִיתmarit· pasture; flock

  Pasturing, pasture; also the flock that someone tends.

• שְׁעָרָיshearay· gate

  Gate of a city. It was also the open place where the elders met, business was done and disputes were judged.

• חֲצֵרֹתָיchatserotay· court; village

  Enclosed court, courtyard; also an unwalled village.

• תְהִלָּהtehila· praise

  Praise; deeds worthy of praise; a song of praise.

• הוֹדוּhodu· praise, give thanks; confess

  In one form of the verb, praise, give thanks. In another, confess: acknowledge sins or the name of God aloud. Its root sense is to throw.

• בָּרֲכוּbarachu· bless, kneel

  Bless. When God blesses, he gives good: life, children, fruit, prosperity. When a person "blesses God", he gives him nothing: he praises and thanks him. Between people, it is wishing the other the good that comes from God; also greet. The root also means kneel.

• שְׁמshem· name

  Name. In the Bible a name says who someone is; so it also means fame, renown or reputation.

• טוֹבtov· good

  Good in the widest sense: pleasant, beautiful, useful, right, of good quality. As a noun, "good", "good things", "well-being".

• עוֹלָםolam· forever, eternal

  A very long time whose end cannot be seen: looking forward, "forever"; looking back, "of old", "ancient".

• חַסְדּchasd· loyal love

  "Chesed": love that stays faithful to a commitment. It is kindness that does not remain a feeling: it acts in favor of the other and does not abandon him. The Bible says it above all of God's love for his people.

• דֹּרdor· generation

  Generation: the people who live in the same period; also an age, "all generations".

• אֱמוּנָתemunat· faithfulness, steadiness

  Steadiness; from there faithfulness, being trustworthy.