King James Version
Psalms 132:6 in the King James Version says “Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 132 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.”
Psalms 132:6 · KJV
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 .
Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Lo we heard”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“we found”
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
“of the wood”
H3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
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