Psalms 68:16
Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
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ASV
Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever.
KJV
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.
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12 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לָ֤מָּה׀ | La.mah | <to> why? | H4100 → |
| תְּֽרַצְּדוּן֮ | te.ra.tze.Dun | do you watch with envy ! | H7520 → |
| הָרִ֪ים | ha.Rim | O mountains | H2022 → |
| גַּבְנֻ֫נִּ֥ים | gav.Nu.Nim | peaks | H1386 → |
| הָהָ֗ר | ha.Har | the mountain | H2022 → |
| חָמַ֣ד | cha.Mad | [which] he desired | H2530 → |
| אֱלֹהִ֣ים | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
| לְשִׁבְתּ֑וֹ | le.shiv.To | to dwell in he | H3427 → |
| אַף־ | 'af- | also | H637 → |
| יְ֝הוָ֗ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן | yish.Kon | he will dwell | H7931 → |
| לָנֶֽצַח׃ | la.Ne.tzach | to perpetuity | H5331 → |
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