Psalms 27:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַחַ֤ת ׀ שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵֽאֵת־יְהוָה֮ אוֹתָ֢הּ אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁ שִׁבְתִּ֣י בְּבֵית־יְ֭הוָה כָּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיַּ֑י לַחֲז֥וֹת בְּנֹֽעַם־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר בְּהֵיכָלֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

ʾaḥat ׀ šāʾaltî mē-ʾēt-YHWH ʾôtāh ʾăbaqqēš šibtî bə-bēyt-YHWH kol-yəmê ḥayyay la-ḥăzôt bə-nōʿam-YHWH û-ləbaqqēr bə-hêkālô

Grammar Details

*ʾaḥat*: numeral feminine singular - one (thing)
*šāʾaltî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I asked/requested
*mē-ʾēt*: compound preposition - from with
*YHWH*: divine name - tetragrammaton
*ʾôtāh*: direct object marker + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - it/that
*ʾăbaqqēš*: piel imperfect 1st person singular - I seek/request
*šibtî*: infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - my dwelling
*bə-bēyt*: preposition + noun construct - in house of
*kol*: noun construct - all of
*yəmê*: noun masculine plural construct - days of
*ḥayyay*: noun + 1st person singular suffix - my life
*la-ḥăzôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to gaze upon/behold
*bə-nōʿam*: preposition + noun construct - in beauty/pleasantness of
*û-ləbaqqēr*: conjunction + preposition + piel infinitive construct - and to inquire/visit
*bə-hêkālô*: preposition + noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his temple

Word Meanings

*ʾaḥat*: one (thing)/one request
*šāʾaltî*: I asked/requested/inquired
*šibtî*: my dwelling/sitting/remaining
*yəmê*: days/time/lifetime
*ḥayyay*: my life/lifetime
*la-ḥăzôt*: to gaze upon/behold/contemplate/enjoy
*nōʿam*: beauty/pleasantness/delightfulness/favor
*ləbaqqēr*: to inquire/visit/examine/seek
*hêkālô*: his temple/palace/sanctuary

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Referenced Verses

Ps 26:8 : 8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
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 65:4 : 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest{H8799)}, and causest to approach{H8762)} unto thee, that he may dwell{H8799)} in thy courts: we shall be satisfied{H8799)} with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather{H8804)} be a doorkeeper{H8705)} in the house of my God, than to dwell{H8800)} in the tents of wickedness.
Ps 63:2-5 : 2 To see{H8800)} thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen{H8804)} thee in the sanctuary. 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise{H8762)} thee. 4 Thus will I bless{H8762)} thee while I live: I will lift up{H8799)} my hands in thy name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied{H8799)} as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise{H8762)} thee with joyful lips:
Ps 84:4 : 4 Blessed are they that dwell{H8802)} in thy house: they will be still praising{H8762)} thee. Selah.
Ps 27:8 : 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Phil 3:13 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Ps 90:17 : 17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish{H8786)} thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish{H8786)} thou it.
Heb 11:6 : 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Luke 11:9-9 : 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Luke 18:1 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Jer 29:13 : 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Luke 2:37 : 37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Luke 10:42 : 42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Ps 50:2 : 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined{H8689)}.
1 Chr 10:13-14 : 13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; 14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
Dan 9:3 : 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness , hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
1 Sam 1:11 : 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
1 Sam 30:8 : 8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
2 Sam 21:1 : 1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

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