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From the heavensמִשָּׁמַיִםYHWHיְהוָהlooked;הִבִּיטhe sawרָאָהallאֶת כָּלhuman beings.בְּנֵי הָאָדָם
Psalms 33:13
Study it in the app“From the heavens YHWH looked; he saw all human beings.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 33:13, word by word
- From the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” 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- lookedהִבִּיטhibit
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “hibit” appears- he sawרָאָהraa
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appears- human beingsבְּנֵיbene
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “bene” appears- human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
The context
12Happy is the nation whose Elohim is YHWH, the people he has chosen as an inheritance for himself.
13 · This verse (above)
14From the place of his dwelling he observed all the inhabitants of the earth,