Psalms 68:16

“Why do you look with hostility, mountains of peaks, at the mountain Elohim desired to dwell in? Yes, YHWH will dwell there forever.”

Psalms 68:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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