Psalms 122:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 122:36 words

HebrewMeaning

יְרוּשָׁלִַ֥םyərwšālaim

JerusalemnounH3389

הַ/בְּנוּיָ֑הhabənwyāh

which was builtparticleH1129

obtain children · make · repair · set ···

כְּ֝/עִ֗ירkəʿiyr

like a citypronH5892

city · court · town

שֶׁ/חֻבְּרָהšeḥubərāh

that was joined togetherparticleH2266

be compact · couple · have fellowship with · heap up ···

לָּ֥/הּlāh

pron

יַחְדָּֽוyaḥədāw

togetheradvH3162

at all · both · likewise · only ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 122:3

1. As impure love inflames the mind, and summons the soul destined to perish to lust for earthly things, and to follow what is perishable, and precipitates it into lowest places, and sinks it into the abyss; so holy love raises us to heavenly things, and inflames us to what is eternal, and excites the soul to those things which do not pass away nor die, and from the abyss of hell raises it to heaven. Yet all love has a power of its own, nor can love in the soul of the lover…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 122 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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