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Psalms 114:4 — King James Version← Study notes

The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.


Psalms 114:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 114:46 words
HebrewMeaning
הֶֽ֭/הָרִיםhehāriym
the mountainsparticleH2022
mount · promotion
רָקְד֣וּrāqədw
they skipped aboutverbH7540
jump · leap · skip
כְ/אֵילִ֑יםkəʾēyliym
like ramspronH352
lintel · oak · post · ram ···
גְּ֝בָע֗וֹתgəbāʿwōt
hillsnounH1389
little hill
כִּ/בְנֵיkibənēy
like young ones ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
צֹֽאןṣōʾn
sheepnounH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 114:4

1. The river Jordan, when they were entering across it into the land of promise, when touched by the feet of the priests who bore the Ark, stood still from above with bridled stream, while it flowed down from below, where it ran on into the sea, until the whole people passed over, the priests standing on the dry ground. Joshua 3:15-17 We know these things, but yet we should not imagine in this Psalm, to which we have now answered by chanting Allelujah, that it is the purpose…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 114
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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