Psalms

Psalm 122:1–4

¹A song of ascents. Of David.

I was glad when they said to me,

“Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

²Our feet are standing in your gates,

O Jerusalem.

³Jerusalem is built up

as a city united together,

⁴where the tribes go up,

the tribes of the LORD,

as a testimony for Israel,

to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A song	שִׁ֥יר	šîr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7892 song
of ascents	הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת	ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4609 what comes up
Of David	לְדָ֫וִ֥ד	lə·ḏā·wiḏ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
I was glad	שָׂ֭מַחְתִּי	śā·maḥ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H8055 rejoice, be glad
when they said	בְּאֹמְרִ֣ים	bə·’ō·mə·rîm	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to me	לִ֑י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
Let us go	נֵלֵֽךְ׃	nê·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural	H1980 go, come, walk
to the house	בֵּ֖ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of the LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Our feet	רַגְלֵ֑ינוּ	raḡ·lê·nū	Noun - feminine dual construct; first person common plural	H7272 foot
are standing	עֹ֭מְדוֹת	‘ō·mə·ḏō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H5975 take one's stand, stand
in your gates	בִּ֝שְׁעָרַ֗יִךְ	biš·‘ā·ra·yiḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H8179 gate
O Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֥ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
is built up	הַבְּנוּיָ֑ה	hab·bə·nū·yāh	Article; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H1129 build
as a city	כְּ֝עִ֗יר	kə·‘îr	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
united	שֶׁחֻבְּרָה־	še·ḥub·bə·rāh-	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H2266 unite
together	יַחְדָּֽו׃	yaḥ·dāw	Adverb	H3162 unitedness

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
where	שֶׁשָּׁ֨ם	šeš·šām	Pronoun - relative; Adverb	H8033 there, thither
the tribes	שְׁבָטִ֡ים	šə·ḇā·ṭîm	Noun - masculine plural	H7626 rod, staff, club, sceptre
go up	עָל֪וּ	‘ā·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
the tribes	שִׁבְטֵי־	šiḇ·ṭê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H7626 rod, staff, club, sceptre
of the LORD	יָ֭הּ	yāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3050 Jah
as a testimony	עֵד֣וּת	‘ê·ḏūṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H5715 testimony
for Israel	לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	lə·yiś·rā·’êl	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
to give thanks	לְ֝הֹד֗וֹת	lə·hō·ḏō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H3034 throw, cast
to the name	לְשֵׁ֣ם	lə·šêm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
of the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh