King James Version

Psalms 2:6

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

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וַ֭אֲנִיvaaniand mineאֲנִיconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “and mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.נָסַ֣כְתִּיnasakhtipourנָסַךְverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “pour”, a completed actionH5258to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint akingcover, melt, offer, (cause to) pour (out), set (up).מַלְכִּ֑יmalkikingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…צִ֝יּ֗וֹןtsionZionצִיּוֹןnoun, proper name — “Zion”H6726Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemZion.הַרharhillהַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “hill”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.קָדְשִֽׁיqadeshiconsecratedקֹדֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “consecrated”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctityconsecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Truly it is I that have established My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'

World English Bible

“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”

Darby Translation

And I have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness.

Douay-Rheims

But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Truly it is I that have established My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But I have been made king by him on Sion his holy mountain,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγὼ δὲ κατεστάθην βασιλεὺς ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Σιὼν ὄρος τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ,