Whyלָמָּהdo you look with hostility,תְּרַצְּדוּןmountainsהָרִיםof peaks,גַּבְנֻנִּיםat the mountainהָהָרElohimאֱלֹהִיםdesiredחָמַדto dwell in?לְשִׁבְתּוֹYes,אַףYHWHיְהוָהwill dwell thereיִשְׁכֹּןforever.לָנֶצַח
Psalms 68:16
Study it in the app“Why do you look with hostility, mountains of peaks, at the mountain Elohim desired to dwell in? Yes, YHWH will dwell there forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 68:16, word by word
- do you look with hostilityתְּרַצְּדוּteratsdu
look with envy
To look askance, with suspicion or envy. It appears only once in the Bible.
Where else “teratsdu” appears- mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- of peaksגַּבְנֻנִּיםgavnunim
peak
The peak or hump of a mountain; in the plural, a mountain with many summits.
Where else “gavnunim” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- desiredחָמַדchamad
covet
To desire something strongly, especially what belongs to another.
Where else “chamad” appears- to dwell inשִׁבְתּshivt
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shivt” 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- will dwell thereיִשְׁכֹּןyishkon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “yishkon” appears- foreverנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears
The context
15A mountain of Elohim is the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
16 · This verse (above)
17The chariots of Elohim are two myriads, thousands and more thousands; Adonai is among them, Sinai in the holy place.