Psalms 16:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֲבָלִ֣ים נָֽפְלוּ־לִ֭י בַּנְּעִמִ֑ים אַף־נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה עָלֽ͏ָי׃

Transliteration

ḥăḇālîm nāp̄lû-to me in nəʿîmîm indeed-naḥălāt šāp̄rāh upon me

Grammar Details

• *ḥăḇālîm*: noun, masculine plural - measuring lines/territories/portions
• *nāp̄lû*: perfect verb, 3rd person plural - they fell/were allotted
• in *nəʿîmîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - in pleasant places
• *naḥălāt*: noun, feminine singular construct - inheritance of/heritage
• *šāp̄rāh*: perfect verb, 3rd person feminine singular - it is beautiful/pleasing
• upon me: preposition with 1st person suffix - upon/to me

Word Meanings

• *ḥăḇālîm*: measuring lines/territories/portions/lot lines
• *nāp̄lû*: they fell/were allotted/were assigned
• *nəʿîmîm*: pleasant places/delightful places/beautiful places
• *naḥălāt*: inheritance/heritage/possession
• *šāp̄rāh*: is beautiful/is pleasing/is delightful

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:55 : 55 He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
• Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
• Ps 21:1-3 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. {Selah} 3 For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.
• John 20:17 : 17 Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
• Rom 8:17 : 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him].
• 1 Cor 3:21-23 : 21 Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
• Eph 1:18 : 18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, {G2532} what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name; 10 that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven and [things] on earth and [things] under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:
• Heb 12:2 : 2 looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Rev 3:21 : 21 He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.
• Amos 7:17 : 17 therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.