Psalms 134:1
A Song of Ascents. Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh, who stand by night in Yahweh’s house!This verse in the real world
Where
Who
In what words
- מַעֲלָהmaʻălâhelevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought a
- שִׁירshîyra song; abstractly, singing
- לַיִלlayilproperly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
- בָרַךְbârakto kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a
- עָמַדʻâmadto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- עֶבֶדʻebeda servant
- בַּיִתbayitha house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 120:1, 1Ch 9:33, Psa 135:1–2, Rev 19:5, 2Ch 29:11, Psa 122:1, Lev 8:35, Psa 135:19–21