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PraiseהַלְלוּYah,יָהּforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהis good;טוֹבsing psalmsזַמְּרוּto his name,לִשְׁמוֹforכִּיit is pleasant.נָעִים
Psalms 135:3
Study it in the app“Praise Yah, for YHWH is good; sing psalms to his name, for it is pleasant.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 135:3, word by word
- Praiseהַלְלוּhallu
praise
To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.
Where else “hallu” appears- Yahיָהּyah
Yah
Yah: the short form of the name YHWH. It is the form found in "Hallelujah" ("praise Yah").
Where else “yah” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears- is goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- sing psalmsזַמְּרוּzamru
sing praise, make music
Sing praise: sing or play a stringed instrument in praise. The word for "psalm" comes from it.
Where else “zamru” appears- to his nameשְׁמshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears- it is pleasantנָעִיםnaim
pleasant
Lovely, dear, charming.
Where else “naim” appears
The context
2who stand in the house of YHWH, in the courts of the house of our Elohim.
3 · This verse (above)
4For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his special treasure.