Psalms 24:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׂא֤וּ שְׁעָרִ֨ים ׀ רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֗ם וְֽ֭הִנָּשְׂאוּ פִּתְחֵ֣י עוֹלָ֑ם וְ֝יָב֗וֹא מֶ֣לֶךְ הַכָּבֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

śĕʾû šĕʿārîm rāʾšêkem, and hinnāśĕʾû pitḥê ʿôlām, and yābôʾ melek the kābôd.

Grammar Details

• *śĕʾû*: verb, Qal imperative masculine plural - lift up
• *šĕʿārîm*: noun, masculine plural - gates
• *rāʾšêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your heads
• וְ: conjunction - and
• *hinnāśĕʾû*: verb, Niphal imperative masculine plural - be lifted up
• *pitḥê*: noun, masculine plural construct - entrances of/doorways of
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - everlasting/ancient
• *yābôʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will come/enter
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• הַ: definite article - the
• *kābôd*: noun, masculine singular - glory/honor

Word Meanings

• *śĕʾû*: lift up/raise
• *šĕʿārîm*: gates/city entrances
• *rāʾšêkem*: your heads/your tops
• *hinnāśĕʾû*: be lifted up/be raised
• *pitḥê*: entrances of/doorways of/openings of
• *ʿôlām*: everlasting/ancient/eternal
• *yābôʾ*: will come/will enter
• *melek*: king of/ruler of
• *kābôd*: glory/honor/splendor

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 2:8 : 8 which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:
• Isa 26:2 : 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in.
• Ps 97:6 : 6 The heavens declare his righteousness, And all the peoples have seen his glory.
• 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 132:8 : 8 Arise, O Jehovah, into thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of thy strength.
• Rev 4:11 : 11 Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.
• 2 Sam 6:17 : 17 And they brought in the ark of Jehovah, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.
• 1 Kgs 8:6 : 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
• 1 Kgs 8:11 : 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah.
• Ps 21:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
• Ps 21:5 : 5 His glory is great in thy salvation: Honor and majesty dost thou lay upon him.
• Ps 68:16-18 : 16 Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell [in it] for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary. 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, [among] the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell [with them].
• Hag 2:7 : 7 and I will shake all nations; and the precious things of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Hag 2:9 : 9 The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Mark 16:19 : 19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
• Num 10:35-36 : 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, O Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O Jehovah, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.
• Eph 4:8-9 : 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now this, He ascended, what is it {G1487} but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
• Jas 2:1 : 1 My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.
• 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory both now and for {G2250} ever. Amen.