Psalms 108:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ דִּבֶּ֥ר בְּקָדְשׁ֗וֹ אֶ֫עְלֹ֥זָה אֲחַלְּקָ֥ה שְׁכֶ֑ם וְעֵ֖מֶק סֻכּ֣וֹת אֲמַדֵּֽד

Transliteration

ʾĕlōhîm dibbĕr bᵊqādšô ʾeʿlōzāh ʾăḥallᵊqāh šᵊḵem wᵊʿēmeq sukkôṯ ʾămaddēd

Grammar Details

*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine, plural construct - God/gods
*dibbĕr*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has spoken
*bᵊqādšô*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his holiness/sanctuary
*ʾeʿlōzāh*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular + cohortative - I will exult/rejoice
*ʾăḥallᵊqāh*: verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular + cohortative - I will divide/apportion
*šᵊḵem*: proper noun - Shechem (place name)
*wᵊʿēmeq*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular construct - and valley of
*sukkôṯ*: proper noun - Succoth (place name)
*ʾămaddēd*: verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I will measure

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods (plural form used for singular deity)
*dibbĕr*: has spoken/declared/promised
*bᵊqādšô*: in his holiness/sanctuary/sacred place
*ʾeʿlōzāh*: I will exult/rejoice/triumph
*ʾăḥallᵊqāh*: I will divide/apportion/distribute
*wᵊʿēmeq*: and the valley of
*ʾămaddēd*: I will measure/mark out/survey

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 49:10 : 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Deut 33:17 : 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Josh 13:8-9 : 8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; 9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; 10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; 11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
1 Sam 28:4 : 4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
2 Sam 2:8 : 8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
2 Sam 5:5 : 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
Ps 122:5 : 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

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