Psalms 87:5

87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

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Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her”; the Most High himself will establish her.

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

87:6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

What does Psalms 87:5 mean?

Psalms 87:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include צִיּוֹן (Tsîyôwn), אָמַר (ʼâmar), אִישׁ (ʼîysh).

Hebrew interlinear

And

ZionצִיּוֹןTsîyôwn/tsee-yone'/H6726Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem

shall

said,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)

This

and

that

manאִישׁʼîysh/eesh/H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

was

bornיָלַדyâlad/yaw-lad'/H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

her:

and

the

highestעֶלְיוֹןʻelyôwn/el-yone'/H5945an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

himself

shall

establishכּוּןkûwn/koon/H3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)

her.

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Church (2)Zion

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What does Psalms 87:5 say?

Psalms 87:5 (King James Version) reads: "And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her."

Is Psalms 87:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 87:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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