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Psalms 145:3

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

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גָּ֘ד֤וֹלgadolgreatגָּדוֹלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “great”, the ordinary formH1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent[phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.יְהוָ֣הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).וּמְהֻלָּ֣לumehulaland boastהָלַלconjunction, verb, pual, passive participle, absolute — “and boast”, a verb used as a describing wordH1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify(make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.מְאֹ֑דmeodespeciallyמְאֹדadverb — “especially”H3966properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.וְ֝לִגְדֻלָּת֗וֹveligdulatvoand to dignityגְּדוּלָהconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to dignity”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1420greatness; (concretely) mighty actsdignity, great things(-ness), majesty.אֵ֣יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).חֵֽקֶרcheqerfinding outחֵקֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “finding out”, the ordinary formH2714examination, enumeration, deliberationfinding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable.

Young’s Literal Translation

Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, And of His greatness there is no searching.

World English Bible

Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.

Darby Translation

Great is Jehovah, and exceedingly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

Douay-Rheims

In the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and there is no end of his greatness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μέγας ὁ Κύριος καὶ αἰνετὸς σφόδρα, καὶ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστι πέρας.