Psalms 87:5 — Word Study
WLCוּֽלֲצִיּ֨וֹן׀ יֵאָמַ֗ר אִ֣ישׁ וְ֭אִישׁ יֻלַּד־ בָּ֑הּ וְה֖וּא יְכוֹנְנֶ֣הָ עֶלְיֽוֹן׃
BSAAnd it will be saidʼâmar▸ of ZionTsîyôwn [the city of] This oneʼîysh [every individual, each person] and that oneʼîysh [many people, all mankind] were bornyâlad■ [brought forth, given life] and the Most Highʻelyôwn [the Supreme God, Almighty] Himselfhûwʼ [the self-existent One] will establish herkûwn▸ [set up, make secure, the city, the people]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| וּֽלֲצִיּ֨וֹן׀ | and of Zion | Conjunction, preposition, noun proper |
| יֵאָמַ֗ר | it will be said | Verb, Niphal, imperfect third person masculine singular |
| אִ֣ישׁ | a person | Noun common, masculine singular absolute |
| וְ֭אִישׁ | and a person | Conjunction, noun common masculine singular absolute |
| יֻלַּד־ | he was born | Verb, Pual, perfect third person masculine singular |
| בָּ֑הּ | in it | Preposition, suffix |
| וְה֖וּא | and he | Conjunction, pronoun |
| יְכוֹנְנֶ֣הָ | he will establish it | Verb piel imperfect third person masculine singular, suffix |
| עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ | [the] Most High | Adj |
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| BSB | And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.” |
| KJV | And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. |
| ASV | Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; And the Most High himself will establish her. |
| YLT | And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her. |
| WEB | Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her. |
| BBE | And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong. |
The translations agree on the core message of the verse, emphasizing the recognition of individuals born in Zion and God's establishment of her.
The sentence has a main clause followed by two subordinate clauses detailing the subjects and actions, emphasizing the declaration about Zion.







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Deep Study — Psalms 87:5
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Context — The Celebration of Ziongenerated
Psalm 87:5 emphasizes the importance of Zion as a birthplace for many people, highlighting its spiritual significance. The psalmist expresses that not only will individuals be recognized as born in Zion, but also that the Most High will ensure the city's establishment. This reflects a broader theme found in the scriptures where Zion symbolizes God's chosen place and His presence among His people, as seen in other passages like Isaiah 60:1-9.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaiah 44:4–5 | They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams. |
| 2 | Isaiah 60:1–9 | Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. |
| 3 | John 1:12–14 | But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— |
| 4 | John 3:3–5 | Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. ” |
| 5 | Galatians 3:26–28 | You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 11 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — צִיּוֹן, u.la.tzi.Yongenerated
The word צִיּוֹן (Tsiyyôn) is a proper noun referring to Zion, often symbolizing Jerusalem. It is derived from a root meaning 'parched place,' yet in this context, it represents a spiritual and communal identity for the people of Israel.
Zion is not just a geographical location; it embodies the essence of God's covenant with His people. The psalmist uses this term to invoke a sense of belonging and divine favor, indicating that many will be recognized as part of this sacred community.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
Translations generally agree on the meaning of Zion and the actions described in this verse.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The finite verb יֵאָמַ֗ר (it will be said) governs the main clause, with two additional clauses describing the subjects and actions. The structure emphasizes the declaration about Zion and its inhabitants.
The sentence is constructed with a main clause followed by two subordinate clauses: the first describes the individuals born in Zion, and the second states the action of God establishing her. This arrangement highlights the significance of both the people and the divine promise.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
In the Septuagint, the Hebrew term צִיּוֹן is rendered as σιων (Sion), which maintains the geographical and spiritual connotation of the original Hebrew. This choice reflects the translators' intent to preserve the significance of Zion as a place of divine presence.
The Greek verb used for 'will establish' is ἐθεμελίωσεν, suggesting a firm foundation, aligning with the Hebrew meaning of establishing or securing. This indicates a strong commitment to the permanence of Zion.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Psalm 87:5 states that people will be recognized as born in Zion, and that God Himself will ensure the establishment of Zion. This highlights the importance of Zion as a spiritual center and a place of belonging for many.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
Being born in Zion signifies belonging to a community that is favored by God, emphasizing spiritual identity and connection.
Zion represents God's chosen place, symbolizing His presence and the covenant relationship with His people.
This indicates that God will ensure the security and permanence of Zion, affirming its importance in His divine plan.
This verse connects with themes in other passages, such as Isaiah 44:5, where the identity and significance of Zion are celebrated.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- What does being part of the community of Zion mean to me personally?
- How can I recognize and celebrate the spiritual heritage of my community?
- In what ways do I see God's hand establishing and securing my own 'Zion'?
- How can I share the significance of Zion with others in my life?
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Psalms 87:5 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd of Zion it shall be said,.... The same with the city of God, the church before commended: this and that man was born in her; this and that great man, in opposition to a mean person, in the
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Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryAnd of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the Highest himself shall establish her.
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Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleOf Zion, i.e. of Jerusalem, or the church of God. It shall be said; it shall be mentioned by God, as was said, , and it shall be observed and acknowledged by men, as a great and wonderful work of God. This and that man, i.e. men of this and that nation, i.e. of every nation, indifferently, Jews or Gentiles, according to that prediction, that Egypt, and Assyria, and Israel should be all joined together, and blessed and owned by God for his people, ,25. Heb. Man and man, i.e. every man, or all sorts of men, without difference of nations; as this very phrase man and man, ,13, is rendered every or whatsoever man; and as by day and day is meant every day, or from day to day, ,4 Psalms 61:8. And…
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John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsPsalms 87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.Ver. 5. And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her] i.e. Converted; and so a daily accession made to the Church of Christ, as it was by Peter’ s sermon, &c., and now so many nations: Behold, the world is gone after him, said these envious Pharisees, John 12:19; and the Papists grudge as much at the late glorious Reformation, begun by Luther, wherein so many rejoice, and shall do to all eternity. Bucholcerus blesseth God that he was born in the days and was bred under the discipline of holy Malancthon, Luther’ s colleague: Divisae his operae, sed mens…
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Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) And of Zion . . .—This verse must be taken as antithetical to the preceding. The poet claims a prouder boast for natives of Jerusalem, because it was established by the Most High. Render, But of Zion it is said, “This man and that (literally, man and man) was born in her, and her the Most High established.”
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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 5. This and that man was born in her] It will be an honour to any person to have been born in Zion. But how great is the honour to be born from above, and be a citizen of the Jerusalem that is from above! To be children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus! The Targum has, "David the king, and Solomon his son, were brought up here." The Highest himself shall establish her.] The Christian Church is built on the foundation of the prophets and apostles; Jesus Christ himself being the Cornerstone.
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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges5. The Psalmist speaks, echoing the divine decree from Zion’s point of view, dwelling upon the honour which will accrue to Zion by this accession of citizens. Yea, of Zion it shall be said, Each and every one was born in her; And the Most High himself shall establish her. Not merely certain specified nations but all the nations shall call Zion their mother-city. One after another comes to be reckoned among her children[49]. Grammatically it is possible to understand each and every one of individuals, but the context is decisive in favour of taking this verse to refer to nations, as Psalms 87:4; Psalms 87:6 do. Each nation, reckoned as a whole, receives the right of citizenship. Individuals…
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Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleAnd of Zion it shall be said - In respect to Zion; or, in honor of Zion. People shall regard it as a privilege to have been born in Zion. They shall speak of such a birth as a marked and honored distinction.
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Modern formal
And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her.
And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
But it is said of Zion’s residents, “Each one of these was born in her, and the sovereign One makes her secure.”
Tyndale line
And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; And the Most High himself will establish her.
Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; and the Most High himself shall establish her.
And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the Highest himself shall establish her.
And of Zion it shall be sayde, Many are borne in her: and he, euen the most High shall stablish her.
Strictly literal
And of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; and the Most High himself shall establish her.
And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her.
And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, || And He, the Most High, establishes her.
But of Zion will it be said, “This and that man were born in her:” and the Most High himself doth establish her.
Of Zion it will be said, “Each of these was born in her; and the Most High himself will establish her.”
From the Latin
I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help,
Simplified
It will be said concerning Jerusalem, “Everyone was born there,” and the Most High will make it secure.
And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text states, "וּֽלֲצִיּ֨וֹן׀ יֵאָמַ֗ר אִ֣ישׁ וְ֭אִישׁ יֻלַּד־ בָּ֑הּ וְה֖וּא יְכוֹנְנֶ֣הָ עֶלְיֽוֹן׃" which translates to, "And it will be said of Zion: 'This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.'" The Septuagint agrees with the Masoretic Text in meaning and content, with all nine words matched in a word-by-word correspondence, though the order and articles may differ due to the nature of Greek syntax. There are no significant differences noted in the Samaritan Pentateuch or the Dead Sea Scrolls for this verse, indicating a strong consistency among the ancient witnesses regarding this text.
וּֽלֲצִיּ֨וֹן׀ יֵאָמַ֗ר אִ֣ישׁ וְ֭אִישׁ יֻלַּד־ בָּ֑הּ וְה֖וּא יְכוֹנְנֶ֣הָ עֶלְיֽוֹן׃
9 of the 9 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
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Lexicons — every word in Psalms 87:5
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צִיּוֹן (Tsiyyôn) refers to Zion, often identified as a mountain in Jerusalem and a symbolic name for the city itself, particularly in prophetic contexts. The term is linked to the Hebrew word for Jerusalem and is noted for meaning 'parched place.' It is consistently recognized across lexicons as a proper noun.
צִיּוֹן 154 n.pr.loc. Ṣiyyôn, Zion
base
H6726 צִיּוֹן Ṣiyyôn, Zion
6726 Tsiyown tsee-yone'
the same (regularly) as 6725; Tsijon (as a permanent
capital), a mountain of Jerusalem:--Zion.
see HEBREW for 06725
צִיּוֹן (tsiy.yon) — Zion.
Zion = "parched place"
another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books
Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)
Conj | Prep | N-proper — Conjunction · preposition · noun properHC/R/Npl
zi'-on (tsiyon; Sion):
1. Meaning of the Word
2. The Zion of the Jebusites
3. Zion of the Prophets
4. Zion in Later Poetical Writings and Apocrypha
5. Omission of Name by Some Writers
6. The Name "Zion" in Christian Times
LITERATURE
1. Meaning of the Word:
A name applied to Jerusalem, or to certain parts of it, at least since the time of David. Nothing certain is known of the meaning. Gesenius and others have derived it from a Hebrew root tsahah, "to be dry"; Delitzsch from tsiwwah, "to set up" and Wetzstein from tsin, "to protect." Gesenius finds a more hopeful suggestion in the Arabic equivalent cihw, the Arabic cahwat signifying "ridge of a mountain" or "citadel," which at any rate suitably applies to what we know to have been the original Zion (compare Smith, HGHL, under the word).
Zion
Sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that of the Tyropoeon (q.v.) separating it from Moriah (q.v.), which it surpasses in height by 105 feet. It was the south-eastern hill of Jerusalem.
When David took it from the Jebusites (Josh. 15:63; 2 Sam. 5:7) he built on it a citadel and a palace, and it became “the city of David” (1 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 19:21, 31; 1 Chr. 11:5). In the later books of the Old Testament this name was sometimes used (Ps. 87:2; 149:2;
[JERUSALEM]
monument; raised up; sepulcher
אָמַר (amar) is a Hebrew verb meaning 'to say' or 'to utter,' with a broad range of uses including to promise, command, or even boast. It appears in various forms, such as in the Qal (to say), Niphal (to be told), and Hiphil (to avow). The entries highlight its versatility in both spoken and internal contexts, though no specific verse is noted.
אָמַר 5287 vb. utter, say
Qal
Say
Say in the heart (= think)
Promise
Command (esp. late)
Niph. be said, told
Hiph. avow, avouch (lit. cause to declare)
Hithp. act proudly, boast
base
H559 אָמַר utter, say .. Say
. Say in the heart (= think)
. Promise
. Command (esp. late)
. be said, told
. avow, avouch (lit. cause to declare)
. act proudly, boast
559 'amar aw-mar'
a primitive root; to say (used with great
latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call,
certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment),
commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X
expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise,
publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X
suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech),
utter, X verily, X yet.
אָמַר (a.mar) — to say.
1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch
Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560)
V-Niphal-Imperf-3ms — Verb · Niphal · imperfect third person masculine singularHVNi3ms
The Hebrew word אִישׁ (iysh) means 'man' and can refer to an individual male, a husband, or a human being in general. It encompasses various meanings, including champion and great man, and can also imply 'whosoever' or 'each.' The word is built from a root suggesting existence and is used throughout the Old Testament.
אִישׁ 2166 n.m. man (= vir)
base
H376 אִישׁ man (= vir)
376 'iysh eesh
contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root
meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male
person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and
in such cases frequently not expressed in
translation):--also, another, any (man), a certain, +
champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-,
husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree),
him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people,
person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy.
Compare 802.
see HEBREW for 0582
see HEBREW for 0802
אִישׁ (ish) — man.
: man
1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
1b) husband
1c) human being, person (in contrast to God)
1d) servant
1e) mankind
1f) champion
1g) great man
2) whosoever
3) each (adjective)
אִישׁ (ish) — man: husband.
: husband
1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
1b) husband
1c) human being, person (in contrast to God)
1d) servant
1e) mankind
1f) champion
1g) great man
2) whosoever
3) each (adjective)
אִישׁ (ish) — man: anyone.
: anyone/someone
1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
1b) husband
1c) human being, person (in contrast to God)
1d) servant
1e) mankind
1f) champion
1g) great man
2) whosoever
3) each (adjective)
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular absoluteHNcmsa
The Hebrew word אִישׁ (iysh) means 'man' and can refer to an individual male, a husband, or a human being in general. It encompasses various meanings, including champion and great man, and can also imply 'whosoever' or 'each.' The word is built from a root suggesting existence and is used throughout the Old Testament.
אִישׁ 2166 n.m. man (= vir)
base
H376 אִישׁ man (= vir)
376 'iysh eesh
contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root
meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male
person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and
in such cases frequently not expressed in
translation):--also, another, any (man), a certain, +
champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-,
husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree),
him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people,
person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy.
Compare 802.
see HEBREW for 0582
see HEBREW for 0802
אִישׁ (ish) — man.
: man
1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
1b) husband
1c) human being, person (in contrast to God)
1d) servant
1e) mankind
1f) champion
1g) great man
2) whosoever
3) each (adjective)
אִישׁ (ish) — man: husband.
: husband
1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
1b) husband
1c) human being, person (in contrast to God)
1d) servant
1e) mankind
1f) champion
1g) great man
2) whosoever
3) each (adjective)
אִישׁ (ish) — man: anyone.
: anyone/someone
1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
1b) husband
1c) human being, person (in contrast to God)
1d) servant
1e) mankind
1f) champion
1g) great man
2) whosoever
3) each (adjective)
Conj | N-ms — Conjunction · noun common masculine singular absoluteHC/Ncmsa
The Hebrew word יָלַד (*yalad*) means to bear, bring forth, or beget, and it encompasses various forms of childbirth and lineage declaration. It can refer to both the act of giving birth and the role of a midwife. The entries also note its use in contexts of distress and wicked behavior, as well as in reference to birthdays.
יָלַד 497 vb. bear, bring forth, beget
Qal
bear, bring forth
less often beget
of both parents
Niph. be born
Pi. cause (or help) to bring forth, viz., assist or tend as midwife
Pu. be born
Hiph.
beget (a father a child)
bear
Hoph. day of one's being born = birthday
Hithp. declared their pedigree
base
H3205 יָלַד bear, bring forth, beget .. bear, bring forth
. less often beget
. of both parents
. be born
. cause (or help) to bring forth, viz., assist or tend as midwife
. be born
. . beget (a father a child)
. bear
. day of one's being born = birthday
. declared their pedigree
3205 yalad yaw-lad'
a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget;
medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show
lineage:--bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring
forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be
delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch,
labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be
the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
יָלַד (ya.lad) — to beget.
1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bear, bring forth
1a1a) of child birth
1a1b) of distress (simile)
1a1c) of wicked (behaviour)
1a2) to beget
1b) (Niphal) to be born
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to cause or help to bring forth
1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife
1c3) midwife (participle)
1d) (Pual) to be born
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to beget (a child)
1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity)
1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)
1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)
V-Pual-Perf-3ms — Verb · Pual · perfect third person masculine singularHVPp3ms
See BORN.
הָ (ha) — her.
Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person feminine singular
HR/Sp3fs — Preposition · suffixHR/Sp3fs
הוּא (hu) is a third-person singular pronoun meaning he, she, or it, used for emphasis or when no verb is present. It can also refer to oneself or serve as a demonstrative pronoun. The word has various nuances, including resuming the subject with emphasis or expressing it unobtrusively. It can indicate 'that' or 'those' when used with the definite article.
הוּא m. הִיא f., pron. of the 3rd ps. sing. he, she, used also (in both genders) for the neuter it
an emph. he (she, it, they), sometimes equivalent to himself (herself, itself, themselves), or (esp. with the art.) that (those)
It resumes the subj. with emph.
Where, however, the pron. follows the pred., its position gives it the minimum of emphasis, and it expresses (or resumes) the subject as unobtrusively as possible
It anticipates (as it seems) the subject
As an emph. predicate, of God
In a neuter sense, that, it (of an action, occurrence, matte, etc.)
With the art.: so regularly when joined to a subst. defined itself by the art.
base
H1931 הוּא, הִיא he, she, used also (in both genders) for the neuter it . an emph. he (she, it, they), sometimes equivalent to himself (herself, itself, themselves), or (esp. with the art.) that (those)
. It resumes the subj. with emph.
. Where, however, the pron. follows the pred., its position gives it the minimum of emphasis, and it expresses (or resumes) the subject as unobtrusively as possible
. It anticipates (as it seems) the subject
. As an emph. predicate, of God
. In a neuter sense, that, it (of an action, occurrence, matte, etc.)
. With the art.: so regularly when joined to a subst. defined itself by the art.
1931 huw' hoo
of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is hiyw {he}; a
primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or
it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also
(intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same;
sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally
(instead of copula) as or are:--he, as for her, him(-self),
it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they,
this, those, which (is), who.
הוּא (hu) — he/she/it.
pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article)
Conj | Pron — Conjunction · pronounHC/Pp3ms
ha: The fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "h." It came also to be used for the number 5. For name, etc., see ALPHABET.
כּוּן (kuwn) is a Hebrew verb meaning to establish or prepare. It encompasses a range of meanings, including to be firm, to fix, to direct, and to be ready, with applications in both literal and figurative contexts. The entries indicate various forms of the verb, such as Niph'al (to be established) and Hiph'il (to establish), but there is a note on a noun form, נָכוֹן (nakhon), meaning 'blow'.
[כּוּן] 218 vb. prob. be firm, only in der. conj.
Niph.
be set up, established, fixed
in a moral sense, be directed aright, of ways
prepare, be ready
pass. be prepared, of judgments
Hiph.
establish, set up
fix, so as to be ready, make ready, prepare, a gift
provide for, provide, furnish
direct one's face toward
arrange, order
Hoph.
be established, of throne
be prepared for
Po‛lēl.
set up, establish
constitute, make, a man (in womb)
fix, so as to be ready
direct
Po‛lal. be established
Hithpo‛l. be established
base
נָכוֹן n. [m.] = blow Jb 12:5
ref
H3559a כּוּן prob. be firm, only in der. conj. . . be set up, established, fixed
. in a moral sense, be directed aright, of ways
. prepare, be ready
. pass. be prepared, of judgments
. . establish, set up
. . fix, so as to be ready, make ready, prepare, a gift
. provide for, provide, furnish
. direct one's face toward
. arrange, order
. . be established, of throne
. be prepared for
. . set up, establish
. constitute, make, a man (in womb)
. fix, so as to be ready
. direct
. be established
. be established
H3559b נָכוֹן n. [m.] = blow
3559 kuwn koon
a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand
perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great
variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper
or prosperous):--certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness,
fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet,
ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self),
provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright,
fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very
deed.
כּוּן (kun) — to establish: prepare.
: prepare/direct
1) to be firm, be stable, be established
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed
1a1a) to be firmly established
1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring
1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined
1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense)
1a3) to prepare, be ready
1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm
1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish
1b3) to direct toward (moral sense)
1b4) to arrange, order
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be established, be fastened
1c2) to be prepared, be ready
1d) (Polel)
1d1) to set up, establish
1d2) to constitute, make
1d3) to fix
1d4) to direct
1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared
1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored
נָכוֹן (na.khon) — blow.
V-o-Imperf-3ms | Suff — Verb piel imperfect third person masculine singular · suffixHVpi3ms/Sp3fs
עֶלְיוֹן (elyown) means 'high' or 'upper,' and is used to describe both physical elevations, such as the upper part of Bethhoron, and metaphorical heights, referring to God as the 'Most High.' It can also denote rulers, including monarchs and angelic beings. The term is derived from a root meaning elevation.
עֶלְיוֹן 22 adj.
high
upper Bethhoron, the upper (opp. lower) of house
base
עֶלְיוֹן n.m. Highest, Most High
name of God
of rulers, either monarchs or angel-princes
base
H5945a עֶלְיוֹן . high
. upper Bethhoron, the upper (opp. lower) of house
H5945b עֶלְיוֹן Highest, Most High . name of God
. of rulers, either monarchs or angel-princes
5945 'elyown el-yone'
from 5927; an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as
title, the Supreme:--(Most, on) high(-er, -est),
upper(-most).
see HEBREW for 05927
עֶלְיוֹן (el.yon) — high.
adj
1) high, upper
1a) of Davidic king exalted above monarchs
עֶלְיוֹן (el.yon) — Most High.
Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)
עֶלְיוֹן (el.yon) — Upper (Beth Horon).
Combined with bet cho.ron (בֵּית חוֹרֹן " Beth-horon" H1032H)
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עֶלְיוֹן (el.yon) — (LORD) Most High.
Combined with ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068)
Adj — AdjHAamsa
