Psalms 121:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁ֗יר לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת אֶשָּׂ֣א עֵ֭ינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִ֑ים מֵ֝אַ֗יִן יָבֹ֥א עֶזְרִֽי

Transliteration

Šîr for the maʿălôt I will ʾeśśāʾ my ʿênay to the hehārîm; from where will yābōʾ my ʿezrî?

Grammar Details

*Šîr*: construct noun, masculine singular - song/psalm of
*maʿălôt*: noun, feminine plural with prefixed preposition lamed - ascents/steps/going up
*ʾeśśāʾ*: imperfect Qal, 1st person singular - I lift up/raise
*ʿênay*: noun, feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - my eyes
*hehārîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the mountains
*mēʾayin*: interrogative adverb with prefixed preposition - from where
*yābōʾ*: imperfect Qal, 3rd person masculine singular - will come
*ʿezrî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my help

Word Meanings

*Šîr lamaʿălôt*: Song of Ascents/A Song for the Steps/Pilgrim Song
*ʾeśśāʾ*: I lift up/I raise/I direct
*hehārîm*: the mountains/the hills/the high places
*mēʾayin*: from where/whence/from what source

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 120:1 : 1 A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Ps 123:1 : 1 A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Jer 3:23 : 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Ps 87:1 : 1 A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
Ps 78:68 : 68 But chose{H8799)} the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved{H8804)}.
Isa 2:3 : 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Ps 68:15-16 : 15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. 16 Why leap{H8762)} ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth{H8804)} to dwell in{H8800)}; yea, the LORD will dwell{H8799)} in it for ever.

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