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His lightningsבְרָקָיוlit upהֵאִירוּthe world;תֵּבֵלthe earthהָאָרֶץsawרָאֲתָהand trembled.וַתָּחֵל
Psalms 97:4
Study it in the app“His lightnings lit up the world; the earth saw and trembled.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 97:4, word by word
- His lightningsבְרָקָיverakay
lightning
The sudden light that flashes across the sky in a storm.
Where else “verakay” appears- lit upהֵאִירוּheiru
give light
To fill with light and drive away darkness; also to light a lamp.
Where else “heiru” appears- the worldתֵּבֵלtevel
world
The world: the inhabited earth.
Where else “tevel” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- sawרָאֲתָהraata
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raata” appears- and trembledתָּחֵלtachel
writhe
To twist and shudder from sharp pain or from fear.
Where else “tachel” appears
The context
3Fire goes before him, and sets ablaze his adversaries all around.
4 · This verse (above)
5The mountains melted like wax before YHWH, before the Lord of all the earth.