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Andוַhis boothסֻכּוֹisיְהִיin Salem,בְשָׁלֵםand his dwelling placeוּמְעוֹנָתוֹin Zion.בְצִיּוֹן
Psalms 76:2
Study it in the app“And his booth is in Salem, and his dwelling place in Zion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 76:2, word by word
- his boothסֻכּsuk
booth
A hut of branches for cover.
Where else “suk” appears- isיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- in Salemשָׁלֵםshalem
Salem
Salem, the city of Melchizedek, identified with Jerusalem. The name sounds like "peace".
Where else “shalem” appears- and his dwelling placeמְעוֹנָתmeonat
dwelling
A place to live; God's people find it in God himself.
Where else “meonat” appears- in Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears
Translation note
“Salem”: an ancient name of Jerusalem (Genesis 14:18).
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
1For the director. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song. Known in Judah is Elohim; in Israel great is his name.
2 · This verse (above)
3There he broke the flames of the bow, the shield and the sword and the war. Selah.