Psalms 97:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָרִ֗ים כַּדּוֹנַ֗ג נָ֭מַסּוּ מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה מִ֝לִּפְנֵ֗י אֲד֣וֹן כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

hārîm ka-ddônaḡ nāmassû mi-llip̄nê YHWH mi-llip̄nê ʾăḏôn kol-hā-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *hārîm*: noun, masculine plural - mountains
• *ka-ddônaḡ*: preposition kaf + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like wax
• *nāmassû*: niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they melted
• *mi-llip̄nê*: preposition min + preposition + construct noun - from before
• *YHWH*: proper divine name
• *ʾăḏôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - lord/master of
• *kol-hā-ʾāreṣ*: noun, masculine singular construct + definite article + noun, feminine singular - all the earth

Word Meanings

• *hārîm*: mountains/hills/elevated terrain
• *nāmassû*: they melted/dissolved/liquified
• *mi-llip̄nê*: from before/from the presence of/because of
• *ʾăḏôn*: lord/master/owner

Referenced Verses

• Nah 1:5 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
• Josh 3:11 : 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
• Judg 5:4-5 : 4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
• Ps 46:6 : 6 The heathen raged{H8804)}, the kingdoms were moved{H8804)}: he uttered{H8804)} his voice, the earth melted{H8799)}.
• Ps 47:2 : 2 For the LORD most high is terrible{H8737)}; he is a great King over all the earth.
• Ps 83:18 : 18 That men may know{H8799)} that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
• Isa 24:19-20 : 19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
• Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Isa 64:1-2 : 1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
• Mic 1:3-4 : 3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. 4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
• Mic 4:13 : 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
• Hab 3:6 : 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
• Zech 4:14 : 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
• Mark 11:3 : 3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: