Psalms 107:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּֽמֵאֲרָצ֗וֹת קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם מִמִּזְרָ֥ח וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב מִצָּפ֥וֹן וּמִיָּֽם

Transliteration

and-from-ʾărāṣôt qibbᵊṣām from-mizrāḥ and-from-maʿărāb from-ṣāpôn and-from-yām

Grammar Details

*ʾărāṣôt*: noun, feminine plural with prefixed conjunction waw and preposition min - and from lands
*qibbᵊṣām*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - he gathered them
*mizrāḥ*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition min - from east
*maʿărāb*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed conjunction waw and preposition min - and from west
*ṣāpôn*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition min - from north
*yām*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed conjunction waw and preposition min - and from sea/south

Word Meanings

*ʾărāṣôt*: lands/countries/earth
*qibbᵊṣām*: he gathered them/collected them/assembled them
*mizrāḥ*: east/sunrise
*maʿărāb*: west/sunset
*ṣāpôn*: north
*yām*: sea/west/south (in this context, likely south since west is already mentioned)

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Referenced Verses

Ps 106:47 : 47 Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.
Isa 43:5-6 : 5 Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
Jer 29:14 : 14 And I will be found of you, saith Jehovah, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Jer 31:8 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall they return hither.
Jer 31:10 : 10 Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Ezek 39:27 : 27 when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.
Deut 30:3 : 3 that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.
Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
Ezek 20:34 : 34 and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;
Ezek 36:24 : 24 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Isa 49:12 : 12 Lo, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Isa 56:8 : 8 The Lord Jehovah, who gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith, Yet will I gather [others] to him, besides his own that are gathered.
Isa 11:11-16 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 14 And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines on the west; together shall they despoil the children of the east: they shall put forth their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. 15 And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind will he wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dryshod. 16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

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17Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
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