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The mountainsהָרִיםrose,יַעֲלוּthe valleysבְקָעוֹתsank down,יֵרְדוּtoאֶלthe placeמְקוֹםthatזֶהyou foundedיָסַדְתָּfor them.לָהֶם
Psalms 104:8
Study it in the app“The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place that you founded for them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 104:8, word by word
- The mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- roseיַעֲלוּyaalu
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “yaalu” appears- the valleysבְקָעוֹתvekaot
plain, valley
Broad plain between mountains; wide valley.
Where else “vekaot” appears- sank downיֵרְדוּyerdu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yerdu” appears- the placeמְקוֹםmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- you foundedיָסַדְתָּyasadta
found
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “yasadta” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew can be understood in two ways: the mountains rose and the valleys sank down, or the waters went up the mountains and went down through the valleys.
The context
7At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they hurried away.
8 · This verse (above)
9A boundary you set, which they will not pass over; they will not return to cover the earth.