Bible HebrewPsalm 100 Psalm 100:1–5
A short psalm made almost entirely of plural commands: shout, serve, come, know, enter, give thanks, bless.
Psalm 100:1
מִזְמוֹר לְתוֹדָה הָרִיעוּ לַיהוָה כָּל־הָאָרֶץ
Mizmōr ləthōdhā hārīʿū la-yəḥawwe kol-hāʾāreṣ
“A psalm for thanksgiving. Shout for joy to yəḥawwe, all the earth.”
Word by word
| Hebrew | Sounds | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| מִזְמוֹר | mizmōr | a psalm |
| לְתוֹדָה | ləthōdhā | for thanksgiving |
| הָרִיעוּ | hārīʿū | shout (for joy) |
| לַיהוָה | la-yəḥawwe | to yəḥawwe |
| כָּל | kol | all |
| הָאָרֶץ | hāʾāreṣ | the earth |
- הָרִיעוּ: הָרִיעוּ, “shout!”: a plural Hiphil command, spoken to “all the earth”.
- לַיהוָה: לַיהוָה: לְ + the divine name. The a under ל comes from the traditional reading Adonai; this app reads it lə-yəḥawwe.
Psalm 100:2
עִבְדוּ אֶת־יְהוָה בְּשִׂמְחָה בֹּאוּ לְפָנָיו בִּרְנָנָה
ʿIvdhū ʾeth-yəḥawwe bəśimḥā bōʾū ləfānāw birnānā
“Serve yəḥawwe with gladness; come before him with joyful singing.”
Word by word
| Hebrew | Sounds | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| עִבְדוּ | ʿivdhū | serve |
| אֶת | ʾeth | (object marker) |
| יְהוָה | yəḥawwe | yəḥawwe |
| בְּשִׂמְחָה | bəśimḥā | with gladness |
| בֹּאוּ | bōʾū | come |
| לְפָנָיו | ləfānāw | before him |
| בִּרְנָנָה | birnānā | with joyful singing |
- עִבְדוּ: עִבְדוּ, “serve!”: a plural command of עָבַד. The same root gives עֶבֶד, “servant”.
- בֹּאוּ: בֹּאוּ, “come!”: a plural command of the hollow verb בּוֹא.
- לְפָנָיו: לְפָנָיו = לְ + פָּנִים “face” + ־ָיו “his”: “to his face”, that is, “before him”.
Psalm 100:3
דְּעוּ כִּי־יְהוָה הוּא אֱלֹהִים הוּא־עָשָׂנוּ וְלוֹ אֲנַחְנוּ עַמּוֹ וְצֹאן מַרְעִיתוֹ
Dəʿū kī-yəḥawwe hū ʾĕlōhīm hū-ʿāśānū wəlō ʾănaḥnū ʿammō wəṣōn marʿīthō
“Know that yəḥawwe, he is God. He made us, and we are his, his people and the sheep of his pasture.”
Word by word
| Hebrew | Sounds | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| דְּעוּ | dəʿū | know |
| כִּי | kī | that |
| יְהוָה | yəḥawwe | yəḥawwe |
| הוּא | hū | he |
| אֱלֹהִים | ʾĕlōhīm | (is) God |
| הוּא | hū | he |
| עָשָׂנוּ | ʿāśānū | made us |
| וְלוֹ | wəlō | and his |
| אֲנַחְנוּ | ʾănaḥnū | (are) we |
| עַמּוֹ | ʿammō | his people |
| וְצֹאן | wəṣōn | and the sheep of |
| מַרְעִיתוֹ | marʿīthō | his pasture |
- דְּעוּ: דְּעוּ, “know!”: a plural command of the I-yod verb יָדַע. The first root letter has dropped.
- עָשָׂנוּ: עָשָׂנוּ = עָשָׂה “he made” + ־נוּ “us” (see the Pronoun Endings lesson).
- וְלוֹ: The written text has “and not” (“he made us, and not we ourselves”), and a note in the margin says to read וְלוֹ, “and his”. The reader shows the word as it is read, and translations follow one or the other.
- וְצֹאן: צֹאן מַרְעִיתוֹ, “the sheep of his pasture”: a construct chain, with ־וֹ “his” on the last noun.
Psalm 100:4
בֹּאוּ שְׁעָרָיו בְּתוֹדָה חֲצֵרֹתָיו בִּתְהִלָּה הוֹדוּ־לוֹ בָּרֲכוּ שְׁמוֹ
Bōʾū shəʿārāw bəthōdhā ḥăṣērōthāw bithhillā hōdhū-lō bārăkhū shəmō
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise. Give thanks to him; bless his name.”
Word by word
| Hebrew | Sounds | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| בֹּאוּ | bōʾū | enter |
| שְׁעָרָיו | shəʿārāw | his gates |
| בְּתוֹדָה | bəthōdhā | with thanksgiving |
| חֲצֵרֹתָיו | ḥăṣērōthāw | his courts |
| בִּתְהִלָּה | bithhillā | with praise |
| הוֹדוּ | hōdhū | give thanks |
| לוֹ | lō | to him |
| בָּרֲכוּ | bārăkhū | bless |
| שְׁמוֹ | shəmō | his name |
- שְׁעָרָיו: שְׁעָרָיו = שְׁעָרִים “gates” + ־ָיו “his”. בֹּאוּ, “come”, takes the place entered with no word for “into”.
- הוֹדוּ: הוֹדוּ, “give thanks!”: a Hiphil command of ידה, related to תּוֹדָה, “thanksgiving”, earlier in the verse.
- בָּרֲכוּ: בָּרֲכוּ, “bless!”: a plural Piel command of ברך.
Psalm 100:5
כִּי־טוֹב יְהֹוָה לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ וְעַד־דֹּר וָדֹר אֱמוּנָתוֹ
Kī-ṭōv yəḥawwe ləʿōlām ḥasdō wəʿadh-dōr wādhōr ʾĕmūnāthō
“For yəḥawwe is good; his steadfast love is forever, and his faithfulness to generation after generation.”
Word by word
| Hebrew | Sounds | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| כִּי | kī | for |
| טוֹב | ṭōv | good |
| יְהֹוָה | yəḥawwe | (is) yəḥawwe |
| לְעוֹלָם | ləʿōlām | forever |
| חַסְדּוֹ | ḥasdō | (is) his steadfast love |
| וְעַד | wəʿadh | and until |
| דֹּר | dōr | generation |
| וָדֹר | wādhōr | and generation |
| אֱמוּנָתוֹ | ʾĕmūnāthō | his faithfulness |
- טוֹב: No verb “is”: כִּי־טוֹב יְהוָה, “for good (is) yəḥawwe”. The adjective comes first for emphasis.
- יְהֹוָה: The divine name is pointed a little differently here: the manuscript writes it in more than one way.
- דֹּר: דֹּר וָדֹר, “generation and generation”: every generation, one after another.
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