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Who isמִיlike YHWHכַּיהוָהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּwho sitsהַ לָשָׁבֶתon high,מַּגְבִּיהִי
Psalms 113:5
Study it in the app“Who is like YHWH our Elohim, who sits on high,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 113:5, word by word
- like 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- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- who sitsשָׁבֶתshavet
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “shavet” appears- on highמַּגְבִּיהִיmagbihi
be high
To be or rise very high, above everything else.
Where else “magbihi” appears
The context
4High above all nations is YHWH; above the heavens is his glory.
5 · This verse (above)
6who stoops down to look in the heavens and on the earth?