This isזֶהthe sea,הַיָּםgreatגָּדוֹלand wide;וּרְחַב יָדָיִםthere areשָׁםmoving thingsרֶמֶשׂwithoutוְאֵיןnumber,מִסְפָּרanimalsחַיּוֹתsmallקְטַנּוֹתwithעִםgreat.גְּדֹלוֹת
Psalms 104:25
Study it in the app“This is the sea, great and wide; there are moving things without number, animals small with great.”
A psalm walks through the sea, the animals, and the food of every creatureCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 104:25, word by word
- the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- and wideרְחַבrechav
broad, wide
Broad, wide, roomy. "Broad on both hands": spacious on every side.
Where else “rechav” appears- and wideיָדָיִםyadayim
beside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yadayim” appears- moving thingsרֶמֶשׂremes
creeping thing
Creeping things: animals that move along the ground or glide, reptiles and small animals. From the same root as "creep".
Where else “remes” appears- numberמִסְפָּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- animalsחַיּוֹתchayot
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayot” appears- smallקְטַנּוֹתketanot
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “ketanot” appears
The context
24How many are your works, YHWH! All of them in wisdom you have made; the earth is full of your possessions.
25 · This verse (above)
26There the ships go, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.