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Whoמִיwill go upיַעֲלֶהto the mountainבְהַרof YHWH?יְהוָהAnd whoוּמִיwill standיָקוּםinבִּhis holyקָדְשׁוֹplace?מְקוֹם
Psalms 24:3
Study it in the app“Who will go up to the mountain of YHWH? And who will stand in his holy place?”
Whoever has innocent hands and a pure heart may go up to God's mountainPurity
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 24:3, word by word
- will go upיַעֲלֶהyaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appears- to the mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears- will standיָקוּםyakum
stand firm
To hold firm, be fulfilled.
Where else “yakum” appears- his holyקָדְשׁkadsh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadsh” appears- placeמְקוֹםmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears
The context
2For he founded it upon the seas, and upon the rivers he established it.
3 · This verse (above)
4He who has innocent hands and is clean of heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn with deceit.