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Psalms 84:3
“Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3700 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to become pale, i.e. (by implication) to pine after; also to fear
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (have) desire, be greedy, long, sore.
- Grammar
- נִכְסְפָ֬ה — verb Niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:30Genesis 31:30Job 14:15Psalms 17:12Zephaniah 2:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כָּסַף here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.