Psalms 148:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 148:58 words

HebrewMeaning

יְֽ֭הַֽלְלוּyəhaləlw

let them praiseverbH1984

celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שֵׁ֣םšēm

the name ofnounH8034

base · named · renown · report

יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

כִּ֤יkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

ה֭וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

צִוָּ֣הṣiwāh

he commandedverbH6680

bid · charge · (give a · give in ···

וְ/נִבְרָֽאוּwənibərāʾw

and they were createdconjH1254

create · cut down · dispatch · do ···

ℹWords 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 148:5

1. The subject of our meditation in this present life should be the praises of God; for the everlasting exaltation of our life hereafter will be the praise of God, and none can become fit for the life hereafter, who has not practised himself for it now. So then now we praise God, but we pray to Him too. Our praise is marked by joy, our prayer by groans....On account of these two seasons, one, that which now is in the temptations and tribulations of this life, the other, that…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 148 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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