Psalm 47

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
5God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.God is gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
he has gone upעָלָ֣ה'a-LAHH5927G
to ascend: rise

עָלָה (a.lah) : rise/go 1) to go up, ascend, climb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go up, ascend 1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat 1a3) to go up, come up (of animals) 1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation) 1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon) 1a6) to come up (before God) 1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary) 1a8) to excel, be superior to 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away 1b2) to take oneself away 1b3) to be exalted 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up 1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away …

Godאֱ֭לֹהִים'E-lo-HIMH0430G
God

אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) This name means "gods" (plural intensive-singular meaning), "God" Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

with a shout of joyבִּתְרוּעָ֑הbit-ru-'AHH8643
shout

תְּרוּעָה (te.ru.ah) 1) alarm, signal, sound of tempest, shout, shout or blast of war or alarm or joy 1a) alarm of war, war-cry, battle-cry 1b) blast (for march) 1c) shout of joy (with religious impulse) 1d) shout of joy (in general)

Yahwehיְ֝הֹוָ֗הYAH-wehH3068G
Lord

אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) Lord - a title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

with [the] sound ofבְּק֣וֹלbe-KOLH6963H
voice

קוֹל (qol) : voice/shout/loud 1) voice, sound, noise 1a) voice 1b) sound (of instrument)

a ram's hornשׁוֹפָֽר׃sho-FARH7782
trumpet

שֹׁפָר (sho.phar) horn, ram's horn

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