A song.שִׁירA psalmמִזְמוֹרof the sonsלִבְנֵיof Korah.קֹרַחGreat isגָּדוֹלYHWHיְהוָהand greatly to be praisedוּמְהֻלָּל מְאֹדin the cityבְּעִירof our Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּhis holy mountain.הַר קָדְשׁוֹ
Psalms 48:1
Study it in the app“A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is YHWH and greatly to be praised in the city of our Elohim, his holy mountain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 48:1, word by word
- A songשִׁירshir
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shir” appears- A psalmמִזְמוֹרmizmor
psalm
Psalm: a song sung with instruments. It is the title of many of the poems in the book of Psalms.
Where else “mizmor” appears- of the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Korahקֹרַחkorach
Korah
Korah, the name of a son of Esau and Oholibamah and of other Edomites and Israelites, among them the Levite who rebelled against Moses (Numbers 16).
Where else “korach” appears- Great isגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” 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- and greatly to be praisedמְהֻלָּלmehulal
praise
To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.
Where else “mehulal” appears- and greatly to be praisedמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- in the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- his holy mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- his holy mountainקָדְשׁkadsh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadsh” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Beautiful in its height, the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, the far reaches of the north, the city of the great king.