Psalm 98

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
let it thunderיִרְעַ֣םyir-'AMH7481
to thunder

רָעַם (ra.am) 1) to thunder 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to make the sound of thunder, thunder 1a2) to rage 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to thunder, cause thunder 1b2) to tremble, cause to tremble (by extension)

the seaהַ֭יָּםHAI-yomH3220G
sea

יָם (yam) : sea 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean Sea 1b) Red Sea 1c) Dead Sea 1d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward

and what fills itוּמְלֹא֑וֹu-me-lo-'OH4393
fullness

מְלֹא (me.lo) 1) fulness, that which fills 1a) fulness, handful 1b) mass, multitude 1c) fulness, that which fills, entire contents 1d) full length, full line

[the] worldתֵּ֝בֵ֗לte-VELH8398
world

תֵּבֵל (te.vel) world

and [those who] dwellוְיֹ֣שְׁבֵיve-YO-she-veiH3427
to dwell

יָשַׁב (ya.shav) 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell Aramaic equivalent: ye.tiv (יְתִב "to dwell" H3488)

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