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A psalmמִזְמוֹרof David.לְדָוִדYHWH,יְהֹוָהwhoמִיwill resideיָגוּרin your tent?בְּאָהֳלֶךָWhoמִיwill dwellיִשְׁכֹּןonבְּyour holyקָדְשֶׁךָmountain?הַר
Psalms 15:1
Study it in the app“A psalm of David. YHWH, who will reside in your tent? Who will dwell on your holy mountain?”
Who dwells in YHWH's tent: the one who “speaks truth in his heart” and does not slanderThe Tongue
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 15:1, word by word
- A psalmמִזְמוֹרmizmor
psalm
Psalm: a song sung with instruments. It is the title of many of the poems in the book of Psalms.
Where else “mizmor” appears- of Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- YHWHיְהֹוָהyehova
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 “yehova” appears- will resideיָגוּרyagur
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “yagur” appears- in your tentאָהֳלֶahole
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ahole” appears- will dwellיִשְׁכֹּןyishkon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “yishkon” appears- your holyקָדְשֶׁkadshe
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshe” appears- mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2He who walks blameless and does righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart;