Psalms 122:9 Go deeper

Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

לְ֭מַעַןLe.ma.'anfor [the] sake of

Lemma: מַ֫עַן (ma.an) · Strong's: H4616

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: because

Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 12:13, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 50:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4616; TAHOT Psalms 122:9 word 1

בֵּית\־beit-[the] house of

Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004Q

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: house: temple

Used 398 times. Also: Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 23:18, Joshua 6:24, Joshua 9:23, Judges 9:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1004Q; TAHOT Psalms 122:9 word 2

יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Psalms 122:9 word 3

אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuGod our

Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: God

Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Psalms 122:9 word 4

אֲבַקְשָׁ֖ה'a.vak.ShahI will seek

Lemma: בָּקַשׁ (ba.qash) · Strong's: H1245

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpc1cs)

Meaning: to seek

Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 31:39, Genesis 37:15, Genesis 37:16, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 43:30, Exodus 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1245; TAHOT Psalms 122:9 word 5

ט֣וֹבTovgood

Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896B

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: good

Used 90 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 26:29, Numbers 10:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2896B; TAHOT Psalms 122:9 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For the sake	→	מַ֫עַן H4616 because
of the house	→	בַּ֫יִת H1004Q house: temple
of the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
our God	→	אֱלֹהִים H0430G God
I will seek	→	בָּקַשׁ H1245 to seek
your prosperity	→	טוֹב H2896B good

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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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