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The highהַגְּבֹהִיםmountains areהָרִיםfor the wild goats;לַיְּעֵלִיםthe crags areסְלָעִיםa refugeמַחְסֶהfor the hyraxes.לַשְׁפַנִּים
Psalms 104:18
Study it in the app“The high mountains are for the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyraxes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 104:18, word by word
- The highגְּבֹהִיםgevohim
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gevohim” appears- mountains areהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- for the wild goatsיְּעֵלִיםyeelim
mountain goat
Mountain goat, ibex: an animal that lives among the crags of the desert.
Where else “yeelim” appears- the crags areסְלָעִיםselaim
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “selaim” appears- a refugeמַחְסֶהmachse
refuge, shelter
A refuge, a place to take cover.
Where else “machse” appears- for the hyraxesשְׁפַנִּיםshefanim
hyrax
A small rabbit-like animal living among rocks.
Where else “shefanim” appears
Translation note
The hyrax is a small animal, similar to a rabbit, that lives among the rocks.
The context
17where the birds make their nests; the stork, the cypresses are her house.
18 · This verse (above)
19He made the moon for the appointed times; the sun knows its setting.