Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, there is no place like home

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Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, there is no place like home

Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, there is no place like home

By extension: Good for those who dwell in their home. A term for someone who loves to stay at home and not go out (originally referring to the house of God).

("Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, they will still praise Thee. Selah" - Psalms 84:5, and: "So they pass by: happy is the man, like a tree planted, happy are they that dwell in Thy house, every man is a liar, servants of my Lord, my rock and my savior, David and the sons of Korah, Hallelujah, hallelujahs, green pastures, waters of rest and shadows of death" - Yehuda Amichai / Once I wrote, now and at other times, and also: "'Happy are they that dwell in Thy house' declared Mother when she entered the house and announced that from now on and with the coming of dawn no one will leave the house" - H. Beer / Feathers, 183)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַשְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵי בֵיתֶךָ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: טוֹב לַיּוֹשְׁבִים בְּבֵיתָם. כִּנּוּי לְמִי שֶׁאוֹהֵב לִשְׁהוֹת בְּבֵיתוֹ וְלֹא לָצֵאת ("בֵיתֶךָ" בַּמָּקוֹר הַכַּוָּנָה לְבֵּית ה').

("אַשְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵי בֵיתֶךָ עוֹד יְהַלְלוּךָ סֶּלָה"- תְּהִלִּים פד ה, וְכֵן: "כָּךְ הֵם עוֹבְרִים: אַשְׁרֵי הָאִישׁ,/ כְּעֵץ שָׁתוּל, אַשְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵי בֵיתֶךָ, כָּל הָאָדָם כּוֹזֵב, עַבְדֵי אֲדֹנָי, צוּרִי וְיִשְׁעִי, דָּוִד וּבְנֵי קֹרַח, הַלְלוּיָהּ, הַלְּלוּיוֹת, נְאוֹת דֶּשֶׁא, מֵי מְנוּחוֹת וְצִלְלֵי מָוֶת" - יְהוּדָה עַמִּיחַי/ פַּעַם כָּתַבְתִּי, עַכְשָׁו וּבְיָמִים אֲחֵרִים, וְכֵן:"'אַשְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵי ביתך' הכריזה אִמָּא כְּשֶׁנִּכְנְסָה הַבַּיְתָה וְהוֹדִיעָה כִּי מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עָלוֹת הַשַּׁחַר אֵין אִישׁ יוֹצֵא מִן הַבַּיִת"- ח.בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 183)

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