Psalms 122:7 Go deeper
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Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. (KJV)
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יְהִֽי\־ye.hi-may it be
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqj3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Psalms 122:7 word 1
שָׁל֥וֹםsha.Lompeace
Lemma: שָׁלוֹם (sha.lom) · Strong's: H7965G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: peace
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 15:15, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 26:31, Genesis 28:21, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 41:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7965G; TAHOT Psalms 122:7 word 2
בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְbe.chei.Lekhin rampart your
Lemma: חֵל (chel) · Strong's: H2426
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: rampart
Used 7 times. Also: 2 Samuel 20:15, 1 Kings 21:23, Isaiah 26:1, Lamentations 2:8, Obadiah 1:20, Nahum 3:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2426; TAHOT Psalms 122:7 word 3
שַׁ֝לְוָ֗הShal.Vahease
Lemma: שַׁלְוָה (shal.vah) · Strong's: H7962
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: ease
Used 8 times. Also: Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 17:1, Jeremiah 22:21, Ezekiel 16:49, Daniel 8:25, Daniel 11:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7962; TAHOT Psalms 122:7 word 4
בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ\׃be.'ar.me.no.Ta.yikhin fortresses your
Lemma: אַרְמוֹן (ar.mon) · Strong's: H0759H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: citadel: fortress
Used 19 times. Also: Proverbs 18:19, Isaiah 25:2, Isaiah 34:13, Jeremiah 6:5, Jeremiah 49:27, Hosea 8:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0759H; TAHOT Psalms 122:7 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| May there be | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| peace | → | שָׁלוֹם H7965G peace |
| within your walls | → | חֵל H2426 rampart |
| [and] prosperity | → | שַׁלְוָה H7962 ease |
| inside your fortresses | → | אַרְמוֹן H0759H citadel: fortress |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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