Psalms 108:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

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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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 49:10 : 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
Deut 33:17 : 17 The firstling of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] 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 him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them: 9 from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; 10 and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; 11 and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah;
1 Sam 28:4 : 4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.
2 Sam 2:8 : 8 Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth 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 for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

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