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Psalms 87:2 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.


Psalms 87:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 87:27 words
HebrewMeaning
אֹהֵ֣בʾōhēb
is lovingverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
שַׁעֲרֵ֣יšaʿărēy
the gates ofnounH8179
door · gate · port
צִיּ֑וֹןṣiywōn
ZionnounH6726
מִ֝/כֹּ֗לmikōl
more than allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹתmišəkənwōt
the dwelling places ofnounH4908
dwelling · habitation · tabernacle · tent
יַעֲקֹֽבyaʿăqōb
JacobnounH3290
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 87:2

1. The Psalm which has just been sung is short, if we look to the number of its words, but of deep interest in its thoughts.. ..The subject of song and praise in that Psalm is a city, whose citizens are we, as far as we are Christians: whence we are absent, as long as we are mortal: whither we are tending: through whose approaches, undiscoverable among the brakes and thorns that entangle them, the Sovereign of the city made Himself a path for us to reach it. Walking thus in…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 87 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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