Psalm 87:2
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
צִיּוֹן
Tsîyôwn
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
מִשְׁכָּן
mishkân
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its w...
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
Key Terms in This Verse
מִשְׁכָּן mishkân
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
Study H4908 →Cross References
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom...
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
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