King James Version
Psalms 48:12 in the King James Version says “Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.”
Psalms 48:12 · KJV
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. Mark: Heb. Set your heart to consider: or, raise up
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Walk about”
H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
“and go round about”
H5362to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e., surround or circulate
“her tell”
H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
“the towers”
H4026a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
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