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Psalms 122:3

122:2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

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Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;

Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together:

122:4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

What does Psalms 122:3 mean?

Psalms 122:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim), בָּנָה (bânâh), עִיר (ʻîyr).

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Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaim/yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im/H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
is
buildedבָּנָהbânâh/baw-naw'/H1129to build (literally and figuratively)
as
a
cityעִירʻîyr/eer/H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
that
is
compactחָבַרchâbar/khaw-bar'/H2266to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
together:יַחַדyachad/yakh'-ad/H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 122:3.

Genesis 10:11

Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, went: or, he went out into Assyria the city: or, the streets of the city

Genesis 11:4

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:5

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Genesis 11:8

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Genesis 4:17

And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. Enoch: Heb. Chanoch

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What does Psalms 122:3 say?

Psalms 122:3 (King James Version) reads: "Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:"

Is Psalms 122:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 122:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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