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Glorious thingsנִכְבָּדוֹתare spokenמְדֻבָּרof you,בָּךְcityעִירof Elohim.הָאֱלֹהִיםSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 87:3
Study it in the app“Glorious things are spoken of you, city of Elohim. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 87:3, word by word
- Glorious thingsנִכְבָּדוֹתnichbadot
honor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “nichbadot” appears- are spokenמְדֻבָּרmedubar
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medubar” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
The context
2YHWH loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 · This verse (above)
4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon among those who know me; look, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush: “This one was born there.”