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setשִׁיתוּyour heartלִבְּכֶםon her rampart;לְחֵילָהgo throughפַּסְּגוּher citadels,אַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָso thatלְמַעַןyou may recount itתְּסַפְּרוּto the generationלְדוֹרto come.אַחֲרוֹן
Psalms 48:13
Study it in the app“set your heart on her rampart; go through her citadels, so that you may recount it to the generation to come.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 48:13, word by word
- setשִׁיתוּshitu
set the heart
"Set the heart": fix one's attention and interest on something.
Where else “shitu” appears- your heartלִבְּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- on her rampartחֵילָchela
rampart
The outer defensive wall of a city, a rampart; the first line of protection in front of the city wall.
Where else “chela” appears- go throughפַּסְּגוּpasgu
go through, view closely
A verb that appears only once and whose sense is not certain: to go through, to pass between, or to look carefully part by part.
Where else “pasgu” appears- her citadelsאַרְמְנוֹתֶיarmnote
citadel, fortress
Citadel, fortified palace: the high and strongest part of a city or of the king's house.
Where else “armnote” appears- you may recount itתְּסַפְּרוּtesapru
recount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “tesapru” appears- to the generationדוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears- to comeאַחֲרוֹןacharon
posterity
Later generations.
Where else “acharon” appears
Translation note
“Rampart”: the outer defensive wall. “Go through”: the verb appears only here and its exact sense is not certain.
The context
12Go around Zion, and circle her; count her towers;
13 · This verse (above)
14For this is Elohim, our Elohim forever and ever; he will lead us until death.