Psalm 104:6
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
תְּהוֹם
tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
מַעַל
maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Study H8415 →מַעַל maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Study H4605 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →Cross References
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
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