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Psalm 147

Psa. 147:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who covereth
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
the heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
with clouds
`ab (Hebrew #5645)
from 5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chron. 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
KJV usage: clay, (thick) cloud, X thick, thicket. Compare 5672.
Pronounce: awb
Origin: (masculine and feminine)
, who prepareth
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
rain
matar (Hebrew #4306)
rain
KJV usage: rain.
Pronounce: maw-tawr'
Origin: from 4305
for the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, who maketh grass
chatsiyr (Hebrew #2682)
grass; also a leek (collectively)
KJV usage: grass, hay, herb, leek.
Pronounce: khaw-tseer'
Origin: perhaps originally the same as 2681, from the greenness of a courtyard
to grow
tsamach (Hebrew #6779)
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
Pronounce: tsaw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
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Cloud,
Earth,
Grass,
Heaven,
Mountain Mount,
Rain

Cross References

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covereth.
Psa. 135:1• 1Hallelujah! Praise the name of Jehovah; praise, ye servants of Jehovah, (Psa. 135:1)
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Gen. 9:14• 14And it shall come to pass when I bring clouds over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, (Gen. 9:14)
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1 Kings 18:44‑45• 44And it came to pass at the seventh time that he said, Behold there is a cloud, small as a man's hand, arising out of the sea. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Harness and go down, that the pour of rain stop thee not.
 45And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great pour of rain. And Ahab got on the chariot, and went to Jizreel. (1 Kings 18:44‑45)
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Job 26:8‑9• 8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
 9He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it. (Job 26:8‑9)
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Job 36:27‑33• 27For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
 28Which the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly.
 29But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the crashing of his pavilion?
 30Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
 31For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
 32His hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.
 33His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming. (Job 36:27‑33)
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Job 38:24‑27• 24By what way is the light parted, and the east wind scattered upon the earth?
 25Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
 26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
 27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth? (Job 38:24‑27)
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Isa. 5:6• 6and I will make it a waste--it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. (Isa. 5:6)
prepareth.
Psa. 65:9‑13• 9Thou hast visited the earth, thou hast watered it; thou greatly enrichest it: the river of God is full of water; thou providest their corn, when thou hast so prepared it:
 10Thou dost satiate its furrows, thou smoothest its clods, thou makest it soft with showers; thou blessest the springing thereof.
 11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness:
 12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, and the hills are girded with gladness.
 13The meadows are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, yea, they sing. (Psa. 65:9‑13)
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Psa. 104:13‑14• 13He watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
 14He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth, (Psa. 104:13‑14)
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Job 5:10• 10Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields; (Job 5:10)
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Jer. 14:22• 22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou HE, Jehovah, our God? And we wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:22)
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Joel 2:23• 23And ye, children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the early rain in due measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the early rain, and the latter rain at the beginning of the season. (Joel 2:23)
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Amos 5:7‑8• 7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
 8seek him that made the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: Jehovah is his name. (Amos 5:7‑8)
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Matt. 5:45• 45that ye may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens; for he makes his sun rise on evil and good, and sends rain on just and unjust. (Matt. 5:45)
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Acts 14:17• 17though indeed he did not leave himself without witness, doing good, and giving to you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness. (Acts 14:17)
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James 5:17‑18• 17Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;
 18and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth caused its fruit to spring forth. (James 5:17‑18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;