Psalms 87:2

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A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation [is] in the holy mountains.	The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.	Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The LORD^H3068 loveth^H157 the gates^H8179 of Zion^H6726 more than all the dwellings^H4908 of Jacob^H3290.

Original Hebrew

אֹהֵב יְהוָה שַׁעֲרֵי צִיֹּון מִכֹּל מִשְׁכְּנֹות יַעֲקֹב׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֹהֵ֣ב	'o.Hev	H157	HVqrmsa	(is) loving
יְ֭הוָה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
שַׁעֲרֵ֣י	sha.'a.Rei	H8179	HNcmpc	(the) gates of
צִיּ֑וֹן	tzi.Yon	H6726	HNp	Zion
מִ֝/כֹּ֗ל	mi./Kol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	more than/ all
מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת	mish.ke.Not	H4908	HNcmpc	(the) dwelling places of
יַעֲקֹֽב	ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HNp	Jacob

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.
H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
H4908 — מִשְׁכָּן (mishkân, mish-kawn'): from שָׁכַן; a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls); dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.
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.
H8179 — שַׁעַר (shaʻar, shah'-ar): from שָׁעַר in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate; city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).

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

H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

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

The Lord — Deuteronomy 12:5, 2 Chronicles 6:6, Psalms 78:67-69, Psalms 132:13-14, Isaiah 14:32, Joel 2:32

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