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This isזֶהthe generationדּוֹרof those who seek him,דֹּרְשָׁיוof those who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיyour face,פָנֶיךָJacob.יַעֲקֹבSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 24:6
Study it in the app“This is the generation of those who seek him, of those who seek your face, Jacob. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 24:6, word by word
- the generationדּוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears- of those who seek himדֹּרְשָׁיdorshay
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “dorshay” appears- of those who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיmevakshe
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakshe” appears- your faceפָנֶיfane
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fane” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
Translation note
A difficult phrase: the Hebrew says only “your face, Jacob.” It can be understood “that generation is Jacob” or, as words addressed to God, “those who seek your face, [God of] Jacob.”
The context
5He will receive a blessing from YHWH, and righteousness from the Elohim of his salvation.
6 · This verse (above)
7Lift up, gates, your heads, and be lifted up, eternal doorways, and the King of glory will come in.