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The heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםare the heavensשָׁמַיִםof YHWH,לַיהוָהbut the earthוְהָאָרֶץhe has givenנָתַןto human beings.לִבְנֵי אָדָם
Psalms 115:16
Study it in the app“The heavens are the heavens of YHWH, but the earth he has given to human beings.”
The earth God gave to human beingsCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 115:16, word by word
- The heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- of YHWHיהוָהyhva
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.
Where else “yhva” appears- but the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- he has givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- to human beingsבְנֵיvene
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “vene” appears- to human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
The context
15Blessed are you by YHWH, who made heaven and earth.
16 · This verse (above)
17The dead do not praise Yah, nor any who go down into silence;