Psalm 114

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.

In context

Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
the mountainsהֶֽ֭הָרִיםHE-ha-rimH2022G
mountain: mount

הַר (har) : mount/hill hill, mountain, hill country, mount

they skipped aboutרָקְד֣וּra-ke-DUH7540
to skip about

רָקַד (ra.qad) 1) to skip about 1a) (Qal) to skip about 1b) (Piel) to dance, leap 1c) (Hiphil) to make to skip

like ramsכְאֵילִ֑יםkhe-'ei-LIMH0352A
ram

אַ֫יִל (a.yil) 1) ram 1a) ram (as food) 1b) ram (as sacrifice) 1c) ram (skin dyed red, for tabernacle)

hillsגְּ֝בָע֗וֹתge-va-'otH1389I
hill

גִּבְעָה (giv.ah) 1) hill 1a) hill (lower than a mountain) 1b) as a place of illicit worship 1c) poetic for mountain 1d) used in place names

like young ones ofכִּבְנֵי־kiv-nei-H1121HNo entry
sheepצֹֽאן׃TzonH6629G
flock

צֹאן (tson) 1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks 1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats) 1b) of multitude (simile) 1c) of multitude (metaphor)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.