Psalms 2:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁאַ֤ל מִמֶּ֗נִּי וְאֶתְּנָ֣ה ג֭וֹיִם נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ וַ֝אֲחֻזָּתְךָ֗ אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

šəʾal mimmennî wə-ʾettənâ ḡôyim naḥălāṯeḵā wa-ʾăḥuzzāṯəḵā ʾap̄sê-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*šəʾal*: qal imperative, masculine singular - ask
*mimmennî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from me
*wə-ʾettənâ*: conjunction + qal cohortative, 1st person singular - and I will give
*ḡôyim*: masculine plural noun - nations/gentiles
*naḥălāṯeḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your inheritance
*wa-ʾăḥuzzāṯəḵā*: conjunction + feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your possession
*ʾap̄sê*: masculine plural construct noun - ends of
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land

Word Meanings

*šəʾal*: ask/request/demand
*ḡôyim*: nations/gentiles/heathen peoples
*naḥălāṯeḵā*: your inheritance/heritage/possession
*ʾăḥuzzāṯəḵā*: your possession/property/holding
*ʾap̄sê-ʾāreṣ*: ends of the earth/uttermost parts of the land

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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

Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Ps 72:8 : 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth.
Dan 7:13 : 13 I saw in the night - visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
John 17:4-5 : 4 I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Ps 89:27 : 27 I also will make him [my] first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

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