Study it in the app“One thing I have asked of YHWH, that I will seek: to dwell in the house of YHWH all the days of my life, to look upon the sweetness of YHWH and to inquire in his temple.”
One thingאַחַתI have askedשָׁאַלְתִּיof YHWH,מֵאֵת יְהוָהthatאוֹתָהּI will seek:אֲבַקֵּשׁto dwellשִׁבְתִּיin the houseבְּבֵיתof YHWHיְהוָהallכָּלthe daysיְמֵיof my life,חַיַּיto look uponלַחֲזוֹתthe sweetnessבְּנֹעַםof YHWHיְהוָהand to inquireוּלְבַקֵּרin his temple.בְּהֵיכָלוֹ
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shaalti” appearsYHWH
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” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “avakesh” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shivti” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appearslife
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaya” appearsgaze
To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.
Where else “chazot” appearsdelight
Delight; YHWH's goodness that gladdens.
Where else “noam” appearsinquire
To look into carefully; think deeply.
Where else “vaker” appearstemple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears3Though a camp encamp against me, my heart will not fear; though war rise against me, in this I trust.
4 · This verse (above)
5For he will keep me in his shelter in the day of evil; he will hide me in the hiding place of his tent; on a rock he will lift me high.
