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Psalm 87

Psa. 87:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thef Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
loveth
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
the gates
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
of Zion
Tsiyown (Hebrew #6726)
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
KJV usage: Zion.
Pronounce: tsee-yone'
Origin: the same (regularly) as 6725
more than all the dwellings
mishkan (Hebrew #4908)
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
KJV usage: dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: mish-kawn'
Origin: from 7931
of Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
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Psa. 78:67‑68• 67Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
 68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. (Psa. 78:67‑68)

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Dwellings,
Gate,
Jacob,
Zion; Sion; Mount Zion

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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The Lord.
Psa. 78:67‑69• 67Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
 68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
 69And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. (Psa. 78:67‑69)
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Psa. 132:13‑14• 13For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
 14This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. (Psa. 132:13‑14)
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Deut. 12:5• 5But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: (Deut. 12:5)
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2 Chron. 6:6• 6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. (2 Chron. 6:6)
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Isa. 14:32• 32What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. (Isa. 14:32)
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Joel 2:32• 32And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. (Joel 2:32)
• Being holy Jehovah “loveth” its gates―the place of concourse and government, and therefore the symbol of the active life of the city. (“Psalms 87” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitationsb of Jacob.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "tabernacles."