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Forכִּיbetterטוֹבis a dayיוֹםin your courtsבַּחֲצֵרֶיךָthan a thousand;מֵאָלֶףI have chosenבָּחַרְתִּיto stand at the thresholdהִסְתּוֹפֵףof the houseבְּבֵיתof my Elohimאֱלֹהַיrather than dwellמִדּוּרin the tentsבְּאָהֳלֵיof wickedness.רֶשַׁע
Psalms 84:10
Study it in the app“For better is a day in your courts than a thousand; I have chosen to stand at the threshold of the house of my Elohim rather than dwell in the tents of wickedness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 84:10, word by word
- betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- is a dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- in your courtsחֲצֵרֶיchatsere
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatsere” appears- than a thousandאָלֶףalef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appears- I have chosenבָּחַרְתִּיbacharti
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “bacharti” appears- to stand at the thresholdהִסְתּוֹפֵףhistofef
stand at the threshold
To stand at the threshold, to stay at the door. It appears only once; it comes from the word "threshold".
Where else “histofef” appears- of the houseבֵיתvet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appears- of my Elohimאֱלֹהַeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- rather than dwellדּוּרdur
dwell
To dwell, to live. It appears only once as a verb in Hebrew.
Where else “dur” appears- in the tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears- of wickednessרֶשַׁעresha
wickedness
Wickedness: what is unjust and evil.
Where else “resha” appears
The context
9Our shield, see, Elohim, and look on the face of your anointed.
10 · This verse (above)
11For a sun and shield is YHWH Elohim; favor and glory YHWH will give; he will not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.