Psalm 48:2
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King."
Word-by-Word Analysis
תִּפְאָרָה
tiphʼârâh
ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
מוֹשָׁב
môwshâb
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
שִׂמְחָה
simchâh
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
כֹּל
kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
צִיּוֹן
Tsîyôwn
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
יְרֵכָה
yᵉrêkâh
properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
צָפוֹן
tsâphôwn
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
Key Terms in This Verse
מוֹשָׁב môwshâb
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
Study H4186 →תִּפְאָרָה tiphʼârâh
ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
Study H8597 →יְרֵכָה yᵉrêkâh
properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
Study H3411 →צָפוֹן tsâphôwn
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
Study H6828 →כֹּל kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Study H3606 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the...
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from m...
And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
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