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Go aroundסֹבּוּZion,צִיּוֹןand circleוְהַקִּיפוּher;הָcountסִפְרוּher towers;מִגְדָּלֶיהָ
Psalms 48:12
Study it in the app“Go around Zion, and circle her; count her towers;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 48:12, word by word
- Go aroundסֹבּוּsobu
go around
To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.
Where else “sobu” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- and circleהַקִּיפוּhakifu
go around
To go around a city, or to enclose someone on every side.
Where else “hakifu” appears- countסִפְרוּsifru
count
To number one by one in order to know how many there are.
Where else “sifru” appears- her towersמִגְדָּלֶיmigdale
tower
A tall, strong structure, for keeping watch or defense.
Where else “migdale” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
11Let Mount Zion be glad; let the daughters of Judah be jubilant because of your judgments.
12 · This verse (above)
13set your heart on her rampart; go through her citadels, so that you may recount it to the generation to come.