Psalms 132:6

132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. an habitation: Heb. habitations

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

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Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar:

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

See, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

132:7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.

What does Psalms 132:6 mean?

Psalms 132:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ), אֶפְרָת (ʼEphrâth), מָצָא (mâtsâʼ).

Hebrew interlinear

Lo,

heardשָׁמַעshâmaʻ/shaw-mah'/H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Ephratah:אֶפְרָתʼEphrâth/ef-rawth'/H672Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem;

foundמָצָאmâtsâʼ/maw-tsaw'/H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

the

fieldsשָׂדֶהsâdeh/saw-deh'/H7704a field (as flat)

the

wood.יַעַרyaʻar/yah'-ar/H3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 132:6.

Genesis 2:20

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. gave: Heb. called

Genesis 23:11

Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

Genesis 23:13

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

Genesis 27:5

And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

Genesis 30:14

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

Genesis 34:5

And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

Genesis 34:7

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

Genesis 37:15

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

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What does Psalms 132:6 say?

Psalms 132:6 (King James Version) reads: "Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood."

Is Psalms 132:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 132:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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