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ForכִּיIאֲנִיknowיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהis great,גָדוֹלand our Lordוַאֲדֹנֵינוּis above allמִכָּלgods.אֱלֹהִים
Psalms 135:5
Study it in the app“For I know that YHWH is great, and our Lord is above all gods.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 135:5, word by word
- knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” 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 greatגָדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- and our Lordאֲדֹנֵיadone
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adone” appears- godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
4For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his special treasure.
5 · This verse (above)
6All that YHWH desired he has done, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all the deeps.