Psalms 48:1

“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.”

Psalms 48:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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