Psalms 122:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שֶׁשָּׁ֨ם עָל֪וּ שְׁבָטִ֡ים שִׁבְטֵי־יָ֭הּ עֵד֣וּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְ֝הֹד֗וֹת לְשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

That there alu shevatim, shivtei-Yah, edut l'Yisrael, to l'hodot l'shem YHWH.

Grammar Details

*alu*: qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they went up/ascended
*shevatim*: noun, masculine plural - tribes
*shivtei-Yah*: noun, masculine plural construct + divine name - tribes of YAH
*edut*: noun, feminine singular construct - testimony/witness
*l'Yisrael*: preposition + proper noun - for/to Israel
*l'hodot*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to give thanks
*l'shem*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - to the name of
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD

Word Meanings

*alu*: went up/ascended/made pilgrimage
*edut*: testimony/witness/evidence/ordinance
*hodot*: give thanks/praise/confess

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 16:16 : 16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
Exod 23:17 : 17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
Exod 26:33-34 : 33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
Exod 32:15 : 15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
Exod 34:23-24 : 23 Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. 24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
Deut 12:5 : 5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
Deut 12:11 : 11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
Ps 66:13-16 : 13 I will go{H8799)} into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay{H8762)} thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered{H8804)}, and my mouth hath spoken{H8765)}, when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer{H8686)} unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer{H8799)} bullocks with goats. Selah. 16 Come{H8798)} and hear{H8798)}, all ye that fear God, and I will declare{H8762)} what he hath done{H8804)} for my soul.
Ps 78:68 : 68 But chose{H8799)} the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved{H8804)}.
Ps 107:1-3 : 1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
Ps 116:17-19 : 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, 19 In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Ps 118:19 : 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
Ps 132:13 : 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Exod 16:34 : 34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

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