What Does Psalm 84:1 Mean in the King James?
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The dwelling of the LORD of hosts is named through the language of belovedness: divine vastness is something the heart can draw near to.
THE MEANING
The dwelling of the LORD of hosts is beloved, not merely impressive. You can recognize in this verse a nearness that the heart treasures: the place of divine presence is somewhere to long for.
THE ROOT
יְדִידוֹת
yedidot
GROWS FROM
ידד
to love, to cherish; belovedness
The Hebrew word translated “amiable” shares its root with yadid, “beloved.” The verse describes the LORD’s dwelling not only as pleasing, but as deeply cherished.
ALSO GROWS
yadid: beloved; dear friend
יָדִיד
The same root makes the verse’s description of the dwelling carry the warmth of being loved.
Yedidiah: beloved of the LORD
יְדִידְיָהּ
This name, given to Solomon in 2 Samuel 12:25, shows the root’s language of belovedness joined to the LORD.
מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶיךָ
mishkenotekha
GROWS FROM
שׁכן
to dwell, settle, or reside
“Tabernacles” grows from the Hebrew root for dwelling. The longing is for where God makes a home: nearness to inhabit, not a structure valued by itself.
ALSO GROWS
mishkan: dwelling place; tabernacle
מִשְׁכָּן
It carries the same root into the name for a place of dwelling, making the verse’s image concrete.
shakhen: neighbor; one who dwells nearby
שָׁכֵן
This related word brings out the closeness inside the root of “tabernacles”: dwelling is also being near.
THE PATTERN
The dwelling of God is a nearness the heart longs to inhabit.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.THE THREAD
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.The Greek word translated “dwelt” carries the image of pitching a tent or tabernacling among people. Psalm 84’s beloved dwelling opens into a presence encountered among human lives.
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