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Psalms 47:5 — King James Version← Study notes

God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.


Psalms 47:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 47:510 words
HebrewMeaning
יִבְחַרyibəḥar
he choosesverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
לָ֥/נוּlānw
pron
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַחֲלָתֵ֑/נוּnaḥălātēnw
inheritance ournounH5159
to inherit · inheritance · possession. Compare
אֶ֥תʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
גְּא֨וֹןgəʾwōn
the pride ofnounH1347
excellency · majesty · pomp · pride ···
יַעֲקֹ֖בyaʿăqōb
JacobnounH3290
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אָהֵ֣בʾāhēb
he lovedverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
סֶֽלָהselāh
SelahparticleH5542
Words 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 47:5

1. The title of the Psalm goes thus. “To the end: for the sons of Korah: a Psalm of David himself.” These sons of Korah have the title also of some other Psalms, and indicate a sweet mystery, insinuate a great Sacrament: wherein let us willingly understand ourselves, and let us acknowledge in the title us who hear, and read, and as in a glass set before us behold who we are. The sons of Korah, who are they?. ..Haply the sons of the Bridegroom. For the Bridegroom was crucified…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 47 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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