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Do goodהֵיטִיבָהin your favorבִרְצוֹנְךָto Zion;אֶת צִיּוֹןbuildתִּבְנֶהthe wallsחוֹמוֹתof Jerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִָם
Psalms 51:18
Study it in the app“Do good in your favor to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 51:18, word by word
- Do goodהֵיטִיבָhetiva
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “hetiva” appears- in your favorרְצוֹנְretson
favor
The goodwill with which one looks on another.
Where else “retson” appears- to Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- buildתִּבְנֶהtivne
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “tivne” appears- the wallsחוֹמוֹתchomot
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomot” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
1Zion
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).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
17The sacrifices of Elohim are a broken spirit; a broken and crushed heart, Elohim, you will not despise.
18 · This verse (above)
19Then you will delight in sacrifices of righteousness, burnt offering and whole offering; then bulls will go up on your altar.