Psalm 147:8

Hebrew	הַֽמְכַסֶּ֬ה שָׁמַ֨יִםplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigשָׁמַיִם hebrew Meanings: * Heaven or heavens * Sky * Compass Masculine noun. The word is dual in form (ending in -ַיִם) which normally indicates two things (like eyes and hands), however, however it functions as a plural. Deuteronomy 10:14 states that Genesis 1:20Psalm 115:3 בְּעָבִ֗ים הַמֵּכִ֣יןplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigכּוּן Meaning * To be firm * Establish * Prepare * Set Verb. Occurs about 200 times in the Old Testament. Meanings by Stem Qal Stem (basic form) To be firm, stable, fixed, established. Describes something that stands securely or endures.Psalm 93:2Psalm 103:19Proverbs 16:9Psalm 96:102 Samuel 7:16Proverbs 16:3Luke 22:321 Peter 5:101 Corinthians 1:8Hebrews 2:3Colossians 1:23Matthew 25:34 לָאָ֣רֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ hebrew Meaning: * Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground. When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1 מָטָ֑ר הַמַּצְמִ֖יחַ הָרִ֣ים חָצִֽיר
ESV	He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
NIV	He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
NLT	He covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures.
LXX	τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article περιβάλλοντι τὸνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article οὐρανὸνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὐρανός Meaning: * The sky * Air * Heaven or heavens 278 occurrences in the New Testament. Οὐρανός is used in Scripture to describe the sky and universe (that is, the visible expanse above the earth) as well as the transcendent realm where God is present. For example, in Matthew 6:26Matthew 24:29Matthew 6:9 ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. νεφέλαις τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἑτοιμάζοντι τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1 ὑετόν τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἐξανατέλλοντι ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. ὄρεσι χόρτον καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” χλόην τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article δουλείᾳ τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀνθρώπων
KJV	Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

^{Psalm 147:7 ← Psalm 147:8 → Psalm 147:9}

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