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He makes them skipוַיַּרְקִידֵםlike a calf,כְּמוֹ עֵגֶלLebanonלְבָנוֹןand Sirionוְשִׂרְיֹןlike a youngכְּמוֹ בֶןwild ox.רְאֵמִים
Psalms 29:6
Study it in the app“He makes them skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 29:6, word by word
- He makes them skipיַּרְקִידֵyarkide
dance, leap
To leap: to jump, to skip, often for joy.
Where else “yarkide” appears- like a calfעֵגֶלegel
calf
Calf: a young bull.
Where else “egel” appears- Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- and Sirionשִׂרְיֹןsiryon
Sirion
Sirion: the name the Sidonians gave to Mount Hermon.
Where else “siryon” appears- like a youngבֶןven
young
An animal's offspring, its little one.
Where else “ven” appears- wild oxרְאֵמִיםreemim
wild ox
Wild ox: a large, strong animal, an image of power.
Where else “reemim” appears
Translation note
Sirion is the name that the Sidonians gave to Mount Hermon (Deuteronomy 3:9).
Places in this verse
Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
The context
5The voice of YHWH breaks cedars; and YHWH breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
6 · This verse (above)
7The voice of YHWH hews flames of fire.