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This isזֶהthe gateהַשַּׁעַרof YHWH;לַיהוָהthe righteousצַדִּיקִיםwill enterיָבֹאוּthrough it.בוֹ
Psalms 118:20
Study it in the app“This is the gate of YHWH; the righteous will enter through it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 118:20, word by word
- the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- of YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- the righteousצַדִּיקִיםtsadikim
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appears- will enterיָבֹאוּyavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appears
The context
19Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will enter through them, I will give thanks to Yah.
20 · This verse (above)
21I will give you thanks, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.