Psalms 48:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשְׂמַ֤ח ׀ הַר־צִיּ֗וֹן תָּ֭גֵלְנָה בְּנ֣וֹת יְהוּדָ֑ה לְ֝מַ֗עַן מִשְׁפָּטֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

yiśmaḥ har-ṣiyyôn tāgēlnāh bənôt yəhûdāh for sake of mišpāṭeykā

Grammar Details

*yiśmaḥ*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - let rejoice
*har-ṣiyyôn*: masculine singular construct + proper noun - Mount Zion
*tāgēlnāh*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural - let rejoice/be glad
*bənôt*: feminine plural construct - daughters of
*yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*ləmaʿan*: preposition - for the sake of/because of
*mišpāṭeykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your judgments

Word Meanings

*yiśmaḥ*: rejoices/is glad/let rejoice
*tāgēlnāh*: rejoice/are glad/let rejoice
*bənôt yəhûdāh*: daughters of Judah/towns of Judah
*mišpāṭeykā*: your judgments/your ordinances/your decisions

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Neh 12:31-40 : 31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession; [whereof one went] on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: 32 and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 33 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 35 and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph; 36 and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them. 37 And by the fountain gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. 38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, upon the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even unto the broad wall, 39 and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard. 40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
Isa 33:18-20 : 18 Thy heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed [the tribute]? where is he that counted the towers? 19 Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand. 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Matt 24:1-2 : 1 And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

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