King James Version
Psalms 133:3 in the King James Version says “As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessin...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 133 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.”
Psalms 133:3 · KJV
A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! together: Heb. even together
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
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“and as the dew that descended”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for there the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“even life”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“for evermore”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
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