Psalms 24:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֶ֭ה דּ֣וֹר *דרשו **דֹּרְשָׁ֑יו מְבַקְשֵׁ֨י פָנֶ֖יךָ יַעֲקֹ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

This dôr dōrĕšāyw, mĕbaqqĕšê pānêkā Yaʿăqōb selâ.

Grammar Details

זֶה: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
*dôr*: noun, masculine singular - generation
*dōrĕšāyw*: participle, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his seekers
*mĕbaqqĕšê*: participle, masculine plural construct - seekers of
*pānêkā*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face
*Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
*selâ*: unknown term - Selah (musical direction)

Word Meanings

*dôr*: generation/age/period
*dōrĕšāyw*: his seekers/those who seek him/those who inquire of him
*mĕbaqqĕšê*: seekers of/those who seek/those who search for
*pānêkā*: your face/your presence
*Yaʿăqōb*: Jacob/Israel (as a people)
*selâ*: musical pause/interlude/lift up

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 27:8 : 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Ps 105:4 : 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Ps 22:30 : 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Ps 73:15 : 15 If I say{H8804)}, I will speak{H8762)} thus; behold, I should offend{H8804)} against the generation of thy children.
Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

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