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Psalms 24:9

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

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שְׂא֤וּsevlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “lift up”, a commandH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…שְׁעָרִ֨יםshearimdoorשַׁעַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “door”, the ordinary formH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֗םrasheykhemheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.וּ֭שְׂאוּusevand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and lift up”, a commandH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…פִּתְחֵ֣יpitchedoorפֶּתַחnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6607an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance waydoor, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.עוֹלָ֑םolamalwayעוֹלָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…וְ֝יָבֹאveyavoand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…מֶ֣לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.הַכָּבֽוֹדhakavodthe gloriousכָּבוֹדdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the glorious”, the ordinary formH3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessglorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors; that the King of glory may come in.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in.

Young’s Literal Translation

Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

World English Bible

Lift up your heads, you gates; yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

Darby Translation

Lift up your heads, ye gates; yea, lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

Douay-Rheims

He will guide the mild in judgment: he will teach the meek his ways.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors; that the King of glory may come in.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Lift up your gates, ye princes; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἄρατε πύλας οἱ ἄρχοντες ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐπάρθητε πύλαι αἰώνιοι, καὶ εἰσελεύσεται ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς δόξης.