Psalms 27:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַחַ֤ת ׀ שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵֽאֵת־יְהוָה֮ אוֹתָ֢הּ אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁ שִׁבְתִּ֣י בְּבֵית־יְ֭הוָה כָּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיַּ֑י לַחֲז֥וֹת בְּנֹֽעַם־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר בְּהֵיכָלֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

ʾaḥat ׀ šāʾaltî mē-ʾēt-YHWH ʾôtāh ʾăbaqqēš šibtî bə-bēyt-YHWH kol-yəmê ḥayyay la-ḥăzôt bə-nōʿam-YHWH û-ləbaqqēr bə-hêkālô

Grammar Details

• *ʾaḥat*: numeral feminine singular - one (thing)
• *šāʾaltî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I asked/requested
• *mē-ʾēt*: compound preposition - from with
• *YHWH*: divine name - tetragrammaton
• *ʾôtāh*: direct object marker + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - it/that
• *ʾăbaqqēš*: piel imperfect 1st person singular - I seek/request
• *šibtî*: infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - my dwelling
• *bə-bēyt*: preposition + noun construct - in house of
• *kol*: noun construct - all of
• *yəmê*: noun masculine plural construct - days of
• *ḥayyay*: noun + 1st person singular suffix - my life
• *la-ḥăzôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to gaze upon/behold
• *bə-nōʿam*: preposition + noun construct - in beauty/pleasantness of
• *û-ləbaqqēr*: conjunction + preposition + piel infinitive construct - and to inquire/visit
• *bə-hêkālô*: preposition + noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his temple

Word Meanings

• *ʾaḥat*: one (thing)/one request
• *šāʾaltî*: I asked/requested/inquired
• *šibtî*: my dwelling/sitting/remaining
• *yəmê*: days/time/lifetime
• *ḥayyay*: my life/lifetime
• *la-ḥăzôt*: to gaze upon/behold/contemplate/enjoy
• *nōʿam*: beauty/pleasantness/delightfulness/favor
• *ləbaqqēr*: to inquire/visit/examine/seek
• *hêkālô*: his temple/palace/sanctuary

Referenced Verses

• Ps 26:8 : 8 Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.
• Ps 23:6 : 6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.
• Ps 65:4 : 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee], That he may dwell in thy courts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, Thy holy temple.
• 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 63:2-5 : 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. 4 So will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;
• Ps 84:4 : 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah
• Ps 27:8 : 8 [ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
• Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• Phil 3:13 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
• Ps 90:17 : 17 And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
• Heb 11:6 : 6 And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing [unto him]; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
• Luke 11:9-9 : 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
• Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
• Luke 18:1 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
• Jer 29:13 : 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
• Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
• Luke 2:37 : 37 and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.
• Luke 10:42 : 42 but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
• Ps 50:2 : 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
• 1 Chr 10:13-14 : 13 So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby], 14 and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
• Dan 9:3 : 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
• 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, {H2233} then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
• 1 Sam 30:8 : 8 And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake [them], and shalt without fail recover [all].
• 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.