King James Version
Psalms 132:5 in the King James Version says “Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. an habitation: Heb. habitations” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 132 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. an habitation: Heb. habitations”
Psalms 132:5 · KJV
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed ;
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
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.
We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool .
KJV Study — Public Domain
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“Until I find out”
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
“a place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
“for the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“an habitation”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
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