Psalm 87:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’ ”

Young's Literal Translation
I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This [one] was born there.

King James Bible
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this [man] was born there.

Hebrew
I will mention
אַזְכִּ֤יר ׀ (’az·kîr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

Rahab
רַ֥הַב (ra·haḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7294: Rahab -- 'storm', a name for Eg

and Babylon
וּבָבֶ֗ל (ū·ḇā·ḇel)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

among those who know Me—
לְֽיֹ֫דְעָ֥י (lə·yō·ḏə·‘āy)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3045: To know

along with
הִנֵּ֤ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

Philistia,
פְלֶ֣שֶׁת (p̄ə·le·šeṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6429: Philistia -- a territory on the southern Mediterranean coast of Israel

Tyre,
וְצ֣וֹר (wə·ṣō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6865: Tyre -- a Phoenician city

and
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

Cush—
כּ֑וּשׁ (kūš)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley

[when I say,] “This one
זֶ֝֗ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

was born
יֻלַּד־ (yul·laḏ-)
Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

[in Zion].”
שָֽׁם׃ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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