Discovery Box| (1.0002372916667) | (Psa 133:3) |
1 sn Hermon refers to Mount Hermon, located north of Israel. |
| (0.81878970833333) | (Psa 68:15) |
1 sn The mountain of Bashan probably refers to Mount Hermon. |
| (0.70006227083333) | (Psa 29:6) |
1 sn Sirion is another name for Mount Hermon (Deut 3:9). |
| (0.46450479166667) | (Psa 89:12) |
1 sn Tabor and Hermon were two of the most prominent mountains in Palestine. |
| (0.35937197916667) | (Psa 42:6) |
4 tn The Hebrew term מִצְעָר (mits’ar) is probably a proper name (“Mizar”), designating a particular mountain in the Hermon region. The name appears only here in the OT. |
| (0.3576109375) | (Psa 133:3) |
2 sn The hills of Zion are those surrounding Zion (see Pss 87:1; 125:2). The psalmist does not intend to suggest that the dew from Mt. Hermon in the distant north actually flows down upon Zion. His point is that the same kind of heavy dew that replenishes Hermon may also be seen on Zion’s hills. See A. Cohen, Psalms (SoBB), 439. “Dew” here symbolizes divine blessing, as the next line suggests. |
| (0.32432772916667) | (Psa 42:7) |
1 tn Heb “deep calls to deep.” The Hebrew noun תְּהוֹם (tÿhom) often refers to the deep sea, but here, where it is associated with Hermon, it probably refers to mountain streams. The word can be used of streams and rivers (see Deut 8:7; Ezek 31:4). |
| (0.30680560416667) | (Psa 42:6) |
3 tc Heb “Hermons.” The plural form of the name occurs only here in the OT. Some suggest the plural refers to multiple mountain peaks (cf. NASB) or simply retain the plural in the translation (cf. NEB), but the final mem (ם) is probably dittographic (note that the next form in the text begins with the letter mem) or enclitic. At a later time it was misinterpreted as a plural marker and vocalized accordingly. |
