Psalms 26:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְֽהוָ֗ה אָ֭הַבְתִּי מְע֣וֹן בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מְק֗וֹם מִשְׁכַּ֥ן כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

YHWH ʾāhaḇtî məʿôn bêṯeḵā and-məqôm miškan kəḇôḏeḵā.

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *ʾāhaḇtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have loved
• *məʿôn*: noun construct - dwelling/habitation of
• *bêṯeḵā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your house
• *məqôm*: noun construct - place of
• *miškan*: noun construct - tabernacle/dwelling of
• *kəḇôḏeḵā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your glory

Word Meanings

• *ʾāhaḇtî*: I have loved/I love
• *məʿôn* *bêṯeḵā*: habitation of your house/dwelling of your house
• *məqôm* *miškan* *kəḇôḏeḵā*: place of the dwelling of your glory/location where your glory abides

Referenced Verses

• Luke 2:49 : 49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house?
• John 2:14-17 : 14 And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 and he made a scourge of cords, and cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables; 16 and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. 17 {G1161} His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.
• Luke 19:45-47 : 45 And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that {G846} {G59} {G2532} sold, 46 saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers. 47 And he was teaching {G2596} daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:
• Exod 25:21-22 : 21 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
• Exod 40:34-35 : 34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
• 2 Sam 15:25 : 25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
• 1 Chr 29:3 : 3 Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of mine own of gold and silver, I give it unto the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
• 2 Chr 5:14-6:2 : 14 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God. 1 Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
• Ps 27:4-6 : 4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple. 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock. 6 And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me. And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah.
• Ps 42:4 : 4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
• Ps 63:2-3 : 2 So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory. 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.
• Ps 84:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts! 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
• Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
• Ps 122:1-4 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah. 2 Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem, 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.
• Ps 122:9 : 9 For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.
• Isa 38:20 : 20 Jehovah is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.
• Isa 38:22 : 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?
• Luke 2:46 : 46 And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions: