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Psalms 133:3 — King James Version← Study notes

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.


Psalms 133:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 133:315 words
HebrewMeaning
כְּ/טַלkəṭal
like the dew ofpronH2919
חֶרְמ֗וֹןḥerəmwōn
HermonnounH2768
שֶׁ/יֹּרֵד֮šeyōrēd
that is running downparticleH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַרְרֵ֪יharərēy
the mountains ofnounH2042
mount
צִ֫יּ֥וֹןṣiywōn
ZionnounH6726
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
שָׁ֨םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
צִוָּ֣הṣiwāh
he has commandedverbH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/בְּרָכָ֑הhabərākāh
the blessingparticleH1293
liberal · pool · present
חַ֝יִּ֗יםḥayiym
lifenounH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
הָ/עוֹלָֽםhāʿwōlām
perpetuityparticleH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
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 133:3

1. This is a short Psalm, but one well known and quoted. “Behold, how good and how pleasant is it, that brethren should dwell together in unity” Psalm 132:1. So sweet is that sound, that even they who know not the Psalter, sing that verse. ... 2. For these same words of the Psalter, this sweet sound, that honeyed melody, as well of the mind as of the hymn, did even beget the Monasteries. By this sound were stirred up the brethren who longed to dwell together. This verse was…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 133
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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