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Psalms 87:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.


Psalms 87:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 87:59 words
HebrewMeaning
וּֽ/לֲ/צִיּ֨וֹןwlăṣiywōn
and of ZionconjH6726
יֵאָמַ֗רyēʾāmar
it will be saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
a personnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
וְ֭/אִישׁwəʾiyš
and a personconjH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
יֻלַּדyulad
he was bornverbH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
בָּ֑/הּbāh
pron
וְ/ה֖וּאwəhwʾ
and heconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
יְכוֹנְנֶ֣/הָyəkwōnənehā
he will establish itverbH3559
confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···
עֶלְיֽוֹןʿeləywōn
the Most HighadjH5945
on) high(-er · -est) · upper
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 87:5

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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