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1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2 Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
4 I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one was born there.”
5 Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her”; the Most High himself will establish her.
6 Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.
7 Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.”
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Psalms 87 study resources: word-by-word Hebrew interlinear with Strong's numbers, 21 cross-references.
Cross-references in Psalms 87 (21)
- v.1 Isaiah 56:7
- v.1 Isaiah 28:16
- v.7 Psalms 36:9
- v.7 John 1:16
- v.1 Ephesians 2:20-22
- v.7 Isaiah 12:3
- v.7 Revelation 22:17
- v.6 Isaiah 4:3
- v.7 John 4:14
- v.7 Revelation 21:6
- v.1 Matthew 16:18
- v.1 Isaiah 2:2-3
- v.1 1 Corinthians 3:10-11
- v.2 Psalms 132:13-14
- v.3 Ezekiel 37:27-28
- v.7 1 Chronicles 23:5
- v.7 2 Samuel 6:14
- v.7 John 7:37-39
- v.7 Revelation 22:1
- v.7 Revelation 14:1-3
- v.2 Deuteronomy 12:5
Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 87:1–7 (49 words)
2
- אֹהֵ֣בʾōhēbahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
- יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- שַׁעֲרֵ֣יšaʿărêsha`ar: an opening, i.e. door or gateH8179
- צִיּ֑וֹןṣiyyônTsiyown: Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemH6726
- מִ֝כֹּ֗לmikkōlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹתmiškĕnôtmishkan: a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the graveH4908
- יַעֲקֹֽב׃yaʿăqōbYa`aqob: heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290
3
- נִ֭כְבָּדוֹתnikbādôtkabad: to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorableH3513
- מְדֻבָּ֣רmĕdubbārdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
- בָּ֑ךְbāk
- עִ֖ירʿîr`iyr: a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)H5892
- הָאֱלֹהִ֣יםhāʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- סֶֽלָה׃selâcelah: suspension (of music), i.e. pauseH5542
4
- אַזְכִּ֤יר׀ʾazkîrzakar: (properly) to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to rememberH2142
- רַ֥הַבrahabRahab: Rahab (i.e. boaster), an epithet of EgyptH7294
- וּבָבֶ֗לûbābelBabel: confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894
- לְֽיֹ֫דְעָ֥יlĕyōdĕʿāyyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
- הִנֵּ֤הhinnēhinneh: lo!H2009
- פְלֶ֣שֶׁתpĕlešetPlesheth: rolling, i.e. migratory; Pelesheth, a region of SyriaH6429
- וְצ֣וֹרwĕṣôrTsor: a rock; Tsor, a place in IsraelH6865
- עִםʿim`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
- כּ֑וּשׁkûšKuwsh: Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territoryH3568
- זֶ֝֗הzezeh: the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thatH2088
- יֻלַּדyulladyalad: to bear young; (causatively) to begetH3205
- שָֽׁם׃šāmsham: there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thenceH8033
5
- וּֽלֲצִיּ֨וֹן׀ûlăṣiyyônTsiyown: Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemH6726
- יֵאָמַ֗רyēʾāmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
- אִ֣ישׁʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
- וְ֭אִישׁwĕʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
- יֻלַּדyulladyalad: to bear young; (causatively) to begetH3205
- בָּ֑הּbāh
- וְה֖וּאwĕhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
- יְכוֹנְנֶ֣הָyĕkônĕnehākuwn: (properly) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)H3559
- עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ʿelyônelyown: an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.)H5945
6
- יְֽהוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- יִ֭סְפֹּרyispōrcaphar: (properly) to score with a mark as a tally or recordH5608
- בִּכְת֣וֹבbiktôbkathab: to engrave, carve; (by implication) to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)H3789
- עַמִּ֑יםʿammîm`am: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)H5971
- זֶ֖הzezeh: the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thatH2088
- יֻלַּדyulladyalad: to bear young; (causatively) to begetH3205
- שָׁ֣םšāmsham: there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thenceH8033
- סֶֽלָה׃selâcelah: suspension (of music), i.e. pauseH5542
7
- וְשָׁרִ֥יםwĕšārîmshiyr: to singH7891
- כְּחֹלְלִ֑יםkĕḥōlĕlîmchalal: (properly) to bore; (by implication) to wound, to dissolveH2490
- כָּֽלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- מַעְיָנַ֥יmaʿyānayma`yan: a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)H4599
Strong's words in Psalms 87 (6)
- Strong's H3205 — יֻלַּד (yullad)
- yalad (yaw-lad') v. 1. to bear young 2. (causatively) to beget 3. (medically) to act as midwife 4. (specifically) to show lineage [a primitive root] KJV: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).. Appears 3 times in Psalms 87.
- Strong's H3068 — יְ֭הוָה (yĕhwâ)
- Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 2 times in Psalms 87.
- Strong's H3605 — מִ֝כֹּ֗ל (mikkōl)
- kol (kole) (or (Jer. 33) n-m. 1. (properly) the whole 2. (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) [from H3634] KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever). Root(s): H3634. Appears 2 times in Psalms 87.
- Strong's H376 — אִ֣ישׁ (ʾîš)
- iysh (eesh) n-m. 1. a man as an individual or a male person 2. often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) [contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)] KJV: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Root(s): H582 Compare: H802. Appears 2 times in Psalms 87.
- Strong's H5542 — סֶֽלָה׃ (selâ)
- celah (seh'-law) v. 1. suspension (of music), i.e. pause [from H5541] KJV: Selah. Root(s): H5541. Appears 2 times in Psalms 87.
- Strong's H6726 — צִיּ֑וֹן (ṣiyyôn)
- Tsiyown (tsee-yone') n/l. 1. Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem [the same (regularly) as H6725] KJV: Zion. Root(s): H6725. Appears 2 times in Psalms 87.