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There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. (KJV)
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נָהָ֗רna.Hara river
Lemma: נָהָר (na.har) · Strong's: H5104H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: river
Used 88 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 15:18, Exodus 7:19, Exodus 8:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5104H; TAHOT Psalms 46:4 word 1
פְּלָגָ֗יוpe.la.Gavstreams its
Lemma: פֶּ֫לֶג (pe.leg) · Strong's: H6388
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: stream
Used 10 times. Also: Job 29:6, Psalms 1:3, Psalms 65:9, Psalms 119:136, Proverbs 5:16, Proverbs 21:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6388; TAHOT Psalms 46:4 word 2
יְשַׂמְּח֥וּye.sa.me.Chuthey make glad
Lemma: שָׂמַח (sa.mach) · Strong's: H8055
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpi3mp)
Meaning: to rejoice
Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Leviticus 23:40, Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 14:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8055; TAHOT Psalms 46:4 word 3
עִיר\־'ir-[the] city of
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: city
Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Psalms 46:4 word 4
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
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 46:4 word 5
קְ֝דֹ֗שׁke.Dosh[the] holy [place] of
Lemma: קָדוֹשׁ (qa.dosh) · Strong's: H6918G
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAamsc)
Meaning: holy
Used 108 times. Also: Exodus 19:6, Exodus 29:31, Leviticus 6:16, Leviticus 6:26, Leviticus 6:27, Leviticus 7:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6918G; TAHOT Psalms 46:4 word 6
מִשְׁכְּנֵ֥יmish.ke.Nei[the] dwellings of
Lemma: מִשְׁכָּן (mish.kan) · Strong's: H4908
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: tabernacle
Used 139 times. Also: Exodus 25:9, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:6, Exodus 26:7, Exodus 26:12, Exodus 26:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4908; TAHOT Psalms 46:4 word 7
עֶלְיֽוֹן\׃el.Yon[the] Most High
Lemma: עֶלְיוֹן (el.yon) · Strong's: H5945B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: Most High
Used 25 times. Also: Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 32:8, 2 Samuel 22:14, Psalms 7:17, Psalms 9:2, Psalms 18:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5945B; TAHOT Psalms 46:4 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| There is a river | → | נָהָר H5104H river |
| whose streams | → | פֶּ֫לֶג H6388 stream |
| delight | → | שָׂמַח H8055 to rejoice |
| the city | → | עִיר H5892B city |
| of God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| the holy [place where] | → | קָדוֹשׁ H6918G holy |
| the Most High | → | עֶלְיוֹן H5945B Most High |
| dwells | → | מִשְׁכָּן H4908 tabernacle |
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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