Psalm 8
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Psalms 8— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Psalms 8:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Psalms 8:1
the gittith A musical instrument that came from Gath, where craftsmen were found to make it (Machbereth Menachem p. 60). But our Sages said (Mid.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Psalms 8:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Psalms 8:2
how mighty is Your name more than the strength of the measure of the earthlings. The earthlings did not deserve that You should cause Your Shechinah to rest among them.
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Psalms 8:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Psalms 8:3
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have established strength You caused Your Shechinah to rest in the Temple, and You decreed that we thank You.
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Psalms 8:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Radak on Psalms 8:4
When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, The moon and the stars which Thou hast ordained: – He does not mention the sun. Some say that (David) uttered this Psalm at night, at a time when he was considering the moon and stars, and discerning the wonders of the Creator. Others also say (Ibn Ezra, ad loc.) that in the daytime only the sun is seen, while at night a very great host is seen.
Read it in full at Sefaria · R. David Kimhi on the first book of Psalms, Translated by R.G. Finch, London, 1919
Psalms 8:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Radak on Psalms 8:5
What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that Thou visitest him? – What is man! is the antithesis of How Excellent is Thy Name! for the latter expression is intended to magnify, but this to depreciate. He says, When I consider Thy heavens, the moon and the stars, great creations and intelligences as they are, (I exclaim) What is man!
Read it in full at Sefaria · R. David Kimhi on the first book of Psalms, Translated by R.G. Finch, London, 1919
Psalms 8:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Psalms 8:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Psalms 8:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible