Psalm 114:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
The mountainsהֶֽ֭הָרִים
(he·ha·rim)
2022: mountain, hill, hill countryof uncertain derivation
skippedרָקְד֣וּ
(ra·ke·du)
7540: to skip abouta prim. root
like rams,כְאֵילִ֑ים
(che·'ei·lim;)
352a: a ramfrom the same as ulam
The hills,גְּ֝בָעֹ֗ות
(ge·va·'o·vt)
1389: a hillfem. from the same as Geba
like lambs.כִּבְנֵי־
(kiv·nei-)
1121: sona prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
The mountains
har  (har)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), promotion.
skipped
raqad  (raw-kad')
to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy) -- dance, jump, leap, skip.
like rams
'ayil  (ah'-yil)
mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.
and the little hills
gib`ah  (ghib-aw')
a hillock -- hill, little hill.
like lambs
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
tso'n  (tsone)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The mountains skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs.

King James Bible
The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The mountains skipped like rams, the hills, like lambs.

International Standard Version
the mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs.

NET Bible
The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The mountains skipped like stags and the hills like flocks of sheep!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The mountains jumped like rams. The hills jumped like lambs.

King James 2000 Bible
The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
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