Psalms 26:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour 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? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?›
• John 2:14-17 : 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, ‹Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.› 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
• Luke 19:45-47 : 45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; 46 Saying unto them, ‹It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.› 47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief 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 cherubims 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 a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD 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 favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me [both] it, and his habitation:
• 1 Chr 29:3 : 3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, [which] I have given to 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 the LORD had filled the house of God. 1 ¶ Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
• Ps 27:4-6 : 4 One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. 6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
• Ps 42:4 : 4 When I remember these [things], I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
• Ps 63:2-3 : 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 3 ¶ Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
• Ps 84:1-2 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for 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 degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
• Ps 122:9 : 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
• Isa 38:20 : 20 The LORD [was ready] to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
• Isa 38:22 : 22 Hezekiah also had said, What [is] the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
• Luke 2:46 : 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.