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Psalms 148:4

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

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הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּhalluhvboastהָלַלverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “boast”, a commandH1984to 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.שְׁמֵ֣יshemeheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “heaven”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8064the 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)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםhashamayimthe heavenשָׁמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the 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)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).וְ֝הַמַּ֗יִםvehamayimand the waterמַיִםconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and the water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).אֲשֶׁ֤רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…מֵעַ֬לmealfrom aboveעַלpreposition, preposition — “from above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַשָּׁמָֽיִםhashamayimthe heavenשָׁמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the 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)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

Young’s Literal Translation

Praise ye Him, heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

World English Bible

Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens.

Darby Translation

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

Douay-Rheims

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: and let all the waters that are above the heavens

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and the water that is above the heavens.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν οἱ οὐρανοὶ τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν.