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I will make mentionאַזְכִּירof Rahabרַהַבand Babylonוּבָבֶלamong those who know me;לְיֹדְעָיlook,הִנֵּהPhilistiaפְלֶשֶׁתand Tyre,וְצוֹרwithעִםCush:כּוּשׁ“This oneזֶהwas bornיֻלַּדthere.”שָׁם
Psalms 87:4
Study it in the app“I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon among those who know me; look, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush: “This one was born there.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 87:4, word by word
- I will make mentionאַזְכִּירazkir
mention
To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.
Where else “azkir” appears- of Rahabרַהַבrahav
Rahab
Rahab: a poetic name for Egypt, meaning "arrogant" or "tumultuous"; it also names a sea monster subdued by God. It is not the name of the woman of Jericho, which is spelled differently in Hebrew.
Where else “rahav” appears- and Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appears- among those who know meיֹדְעָyoda
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yoda” appears- Philistiaפְלֶשֶׁתfeleshet
Philistia
Philistia, the coastal strip where the Philistines lived.
Where else “feleshet” appears- and Tyreצוֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- Cushכּוּשׁkush
Cush
Cush, the name of a son of Ham and of the region of his descendants, south of Egypt (Nubia; many Bibles put "Ethiopia"). This translation keeps the Hebrew name. Also an Israelite.
Where else “kush” appears- was bornיֻלַּדyulad
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “yulad” appears
Translation note
“Rahab”: a poetic name of Egypt (Isaiah 30:7). It can be understood that YHWH speaks and counts foreign peoples among those who know him, as if they had been born in Zion.
Places in this verse
1Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
2Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
The context
3Glorious things are spoken of you, city of Elohim. Selah.
4 · This verse (above)
5And of Zion it will be said, “One and another was born in her”; and he himself, Elyon, will establish her.