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The mountainsהָרִיםmeltedנָמַסּוּlike waxכַּדּוֹנַגbeforeמִלִּפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהbeforeמִלִּפְנֵיthe Lordאֲדוֹןof allכָּלthe earth.הָאָרֶץ
Psalms 97:5
Study it in the app“The mountains melted like wax before YHWH, before the Lord of all the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 97:5, word by word
- The mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- meltedנָמַסּוּnamasu
melt
To dissolve with heat, like wax or manna in the sun.
Where else “namasu” appears- like waxדּוֹנַגdonag
wax
Wax: what melts in the heat.
Where else “donag” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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- the Lordאֲדוֹןadon
Lord
The Lord, said of God.
Where else “adon” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
4His lightnings lit up the world; the earth saw and trembled.
5 · This verse (above)
6The heavens declared his righteousness, and all the peoples saw his glory.