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Forכִּיwhoמִיin the cloudבַשַּׁחַקcan compareיַעֲרֹךְwith YHWH,לַיהוָהwho is likeיִדְמֶהYHWHלַיהוָהamong the sonsבִּבְנֵיof El?אֵלִים
Psalms 89:6
Study it in the app“For who in the cloud can compare with YHWH, who is like YHWH among the sons of El?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 89:6, word by word
- in the cloudשַּׁחַקshachak
cloud
What floats in the sky and brings rain.
Where else “shachak” appears- can compareיַעֲרֹךְyaaroch
compare
To set out the facts of a case one by one, or place one thing beside another.
Where else “yaaroch” appears- with YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- who is likeיִדְמֶהyidme
liken
To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.
Where else “yidme” appears- among the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Elאֵלִיםelim
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “elim” appears
The context
5And the heavens will give thanks for your wonder, YHWH, also for your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 · This verse (above)
7El greatly feared in the intimate council of the holy ones, and fearsome above all who surround him.