Psalms 15:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִזְמ֗וֹר לְדָ֫וִ֥ד י֭הֹוָה מִי־יָג֣וּר בְּאָהֳלֶ֑ךָ מִֽי־יִ֝שְׁכֹּ֗ן בְּהַ֣ר קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃

Transliteration

Mizmōr to-Dāwid. YHWH, who-shall-yāgūr in-ʾohōlekā, who-shall-yiškōn in-har qodšekā?

Grammar Details

• *Mizmōr*: noun, masculine, singular construct - psalm/melody
• *Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine - David
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *mī*: interrogative pronoun - who
• *yāgūr*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - dwell/sojourn/abide
• *ʾohōlekā*: noun, masculine, singular with 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - your tent
• *yiškōn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - dwell/abide/inhabit
• *har*: noun, masculine, singular construct - mountain/hill
• *qodšekā*: noun, masculine, singular with 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - your holiness/holy place

Word Meanings

• *Mizmōr*: psalm/song/melody
• *yāgūr*: sojourn/abide/dwell temporarily
• *yiškōn*: dwell/abide/tabernacle/inhabit permanently
• *har qodšekā*: your holy mountain/hill of your holiness/your holy hill

Referenced Verses

• Ps 61:4 : 4 I will abide{H8799)} in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust{H8799)} in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
• Ps 84:4 : 4 Blessed are they that dwell{H8802)} in thy house: they will be still praising{H8762)} thee. Selah.
• Ps 43:3-4 : 3 O send out{H8798)} thy light and thy truth: let them lead{H8686)} me; let them bring{H8686)} me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go{H8799)} unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise{H8686)} thee, O God my God.
• Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
• Ps 23:6 : 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
• Ps 24:3-5 : 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
• Ps 92:13 : 13 Those that be planted{H8803)} in the house of the LORD shall flourish{H8686)} in the courts of our God.
• Rev 21:23-24 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
• Rev 21:3-4 : 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
• John 3:3-5 : 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
• John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
• Heb 12:22 : 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
• Rev 7:14-17 : 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
• 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 3:4 : 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
• Ps 21:3-5 : 3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. 5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
• Ps 1:1-4 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
• Ps 87:1-3 : 1 A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 The LORD loveth{H8802)} the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things{H8737)} are spoken{H8794)} of thee, O city of God. Selah.
• Rev 14:1 : 1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.