Psalms 147:1

Webster's Bible (1833)

Praise Yah, For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ ׀ כִּי־ט֭וֹב זַמְּרָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־נָ֝עִים נָאוָ֥ה תְהִלָּֽה׃

Transliteration

Halelu yāh for tōwb zammerāh ʾĕlōhênū for nāʿîm nāʾwāh tehillāh

Grammar Details

• *Halelu*: imperative, plural - praise/celebrate
• *yāh*: shortened form of divine name YHWH
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *tōwb*: adjective, masculine singular - good/pleasant
• *zammerāh*: noun, feminine singular - music/singing/praise
• *ʾĕlōhênū*: noun with 1st person plural possessive suffix - our God
• *nāʿîm*: adjective, masculine singular - pleasant/delightful
• *nāʾwāh*: adjective, feminine singular - fitting/becoming/appropriate
• *tehillāh*: noun, feminine singular - praise/song of praise

Word Meanings

• *Halelu yāh*: Praise the LORD/Praise Yah/Hallelujah
• *tōwb*: good/pleasant/beneficial/appropriate
• *zammerāh*: psalm/music/melody/singing
• *nāʿîm*: pleasant/sweet/delightful/agreeable
• *nāʾwāh*: fitting/becoming/beautiful/appropriate
• *tehillāh*: praise/adoration/song of praise

Referenced Verses

• Ps 33:1 : 1 Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.
• Ps 135:3 : 3 Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.
• Ps 92:1 : 1 > It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, To sing praises to your name, Most High;
• Ps 122:1-4 : 1 > I was glad when they said to me, "Let's go to Yahweh's house!" 2 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem; 3 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together; 4 Where the tribes go up, even Yah's tribes, According to an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
• Ps 42:4 : 4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I used to go with the crowd, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
• Ps 63:3-5 : 3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, My lips shall praise you. 4 So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
• Rev 5:9-9 : 9 They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the book, And to open its seals: For you were killed, And bought us for God with your blood, Out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, 10 And made them kings and priests to our God, And they reign on earth." 11 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!" 13 I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!{TR omits "Amen!"}" 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen!" The {TR adds "twenty-four"}elders fell down and worshiped.{TR adds "the one living forever and ever"}
• Rev 19:1-6 : 1 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God: 2 for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand." 3 A second said, "Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever." 4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, "Amen! Hallelujah!" 5 A voice came forth from the throne, saying, "Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!" 6 I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!