Psalm 104:18
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
עֵז
ʻêz
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
צוּר
tsûwr
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
שָׁפָן
shâphân
a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁפָן shâphân
a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax
Study H8227 →צוּר tsûwr
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
Study H6697 →עֵז ʻêz
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
Study H5795 →עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Study H5945 →Cross References
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; theref...
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