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He choosesיִבְחַרfor usלָנוּour inheritance,אֶת נַחֲלָתֵנוּthe prideאֶת גְּאוֹןof Jacobיַעֲקֹבwhomאֲשֶׁרhe loved.אָהֵבSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 47:4
Study it in the app“He chooses for us our inheritance, the pride of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 47:4, word by word
- He choosesיִבְחַרyivchar
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “yivchar” appears- our inheritanceנַחֲלָתֵnachalate
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalate” appears- the prideגְּאוֹןgeon
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “geon” appears- of 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- he lovedאָהֵבahev
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahev” 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
“The pride of Jacob”: the land that he received, of which Jacob (the people of Israel) can be proud.
The context
3He subdues peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
4 · This verse (above)
5Elohim has gone up with acclamation, YHWH with the sound of the horn.