Psalms 78:68

← Psalms 78:67	Psalms 78:68 (KJV)	Psalms 78:69 →
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:	But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.	And he built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth which he hath established for ever.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But chose^H977 the tribe^H7626 of Judah^H3063, the mount^H2022 Zion^H6726 which he loved^H157.

Original Hebrew

וַיִּבְחַר אֶת־שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה אֶת־הַר צִיֹּון אֲשֶׁר אָהֵב׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ֭/יִּבְחַר	Va/i.yiv.char	H977	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he chose
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
שֵׁ֣בֶט	She.vet	H7626	HNcmsc	(the) tribe of
יְהוּדָ֑ה	ye.hu.Dah	H3063	HNp	Judah
אֶֽת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ֥ר	har	H2022	HNcmsc	(the) mountain of
צִ֝יּ֗וֹן	tzi.Yon	H6726	HNp	Zion
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
אָהֵֽב	'a.Hev	H157	HVqp3ms	he loved

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H157 — אָהַב (ʼâhab, aw-hab'): or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
H977 — בָּחַר (bâchar, baw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
H2022 — הַר (har, har): a shortened form of הָרָר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.
H3063 — יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'): from יָדָה; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory; Judah.
H6726 — צִיּוֹן (Tsîyôwn, tsee-yone'): the same (regularly) as צִיּוּןlemma צִיוּן missing dagesh, corrected to צִיּוּן; Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem; Zion.
H7626 — שֵׁבֶט (shêbeṭ, shay'-bet): from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan; [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Related Topics

No content yet

No content yet

Bible › Psalms › Psalms 78 › Verse 68