Psalms 116:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In the courts of Jehovah's house, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּחַצְר֤וֹת ׀ בֵּ֤ית יְהוָ֗ה בְּֽת֘וֹכֵ֤כִי יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

In ḥaṣrôt bêt YHWH in tôḵēḵî yerûšālāim halelû-yāh

Grammar Details

*be-ḥaṣrôt*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct - in courts of
*bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*be-tôḵēḵî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - in midst of you
*yerûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*halelû*: verb, piel imperative, masculine plural - praise
*yāh*: proper noun - shortened form of divine name

Word Meanings

*ḥaṣrôt*: courts/courtyards/enclosures
*bêt*: house/temple/dwelling
*tôḵēḵî*: your midst/among you/inside you
*halelû*: praise/celebrate/commend

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 96:8 : 8 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come into his courts.
Ps 135:2 : 2 Ye that stand in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of the house of our God.
2 Chr 6:6 : 6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Ps 100:4 : 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name.
Ps 118:19-20 : 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto Jehovah. 20 This is the gate of Jehovah; The righteous shall enter into it.
Ps 122:3-4 : 3 Jerusalem, that art builded As a city that is compact together; 4 Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of Jehovah, [For] an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.

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