Psalms 112:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גִּבּ֣וֹר בָּ֭אָרֶץ יִהְיֶ֣ה זַרְע֑וֹ דּ֖וֹר יְשָׁרִ֣ים יְבֹרָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

Gibbôr in-the-ʾāreṣ yihyeh zarʿô dôr yešārîm yebōrāk

Grammar Details

*Gibbôr*: adjective, masculine singular - mighty
*bāʾāreṣ*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the land/earth
*yihyeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be
*zarʿô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his seed/offspring
*dôr*: noun, masculine singular - generation
*yešārîm*: adjective, masculine plural - upright ones
*yebōrāk*: verb, pual imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be blessed

Word Meanings

*Gibbôr*: mighty/powerful/strong
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground
*zarʿô*: his seed/his offspring/his descendants
*dôr*: generation/lineage
*yešārîm*: upright ones/righteous ones

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
Ps 25:13 : 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; And his seed shall inherit the land.
Ps 37:26 : 26 All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; And his seed is blessed.
Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.
Prov 20:7 : 7 A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.
Acts 2:39 : 39 For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as {G302} the Lord our God shall call unto him.
Gen 22:17-18 : 17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Jer 32:39 : 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

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