Psalms 72:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַלְכֵ֬י תַרְשִׁ֣ישׁ וְ֭אִיִּים מִנְחָ֣ה יָשִׁ֑יבוּ מַלְכֵ֥י שְׁבָ֥א וּ֝סְבָ֗א אֶשְׁכָּ֥ר יַקְרִֽיבוּ׃

Transliteration

malkê Tarshîsh and-ʾîyîm minḥāh yāshîbû malkê Shəbāʾ and-Səbāʾ ʾeshkār yaqrîbû

Grammar Details

*malkê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - kings of
*Tarshîsh*: proper noun - Tarshish
*wə-ʾîyîm*: conjunction + noun, masculine, plural - and islands/coastlands
*minḥāh*: noun, feminine, singular - gift/tribute/offering
*yāshîbû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will return/bring
*Shəbāʾ*: proper noun - Sheba
*û-Səbāʾ*: conjunction + proper noun - and Seba
*ʾeshkār*: noun, masculine, singular - gift/present/tribute
*yaqrîbû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will bring near/present

Word Meanings

*malkê*: kings of/rulers of
*Tarshîsh*: Tarshish (distant western land/port)
*ʾîyîm*: islands/coastlands/distant shores
*minḥāh*: gift/tribute/offering
*yāshîbû*: they will return/bring/pay
*Shəbāʾ*: Sheba (southern Arabia)
*Səbāʾ*: Seba (northern Africa/Ethiopia)
*ʾeshkār*: gift/present/tribute
*yaqrîbû*: they will bring/offer/present

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 10:1 : 1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions.
Ps 68:29 : 29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem Kings shall bring presents unto thee.
Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
Isa 60:6 : 6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praises of Jehovah.
Isa 60:9 : 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Matt 2:11 : 11 And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Gen 10:7 : 7 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
2 Chr 9:21 : 21 For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Ps 45:12 : 12 And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
1 Kgs 10:10 : 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
1 Kgs 10:25 : 25 And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
Isa 42:4 : 4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
Isa 42:10 : 10 Sing unto Jehovah a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.
Isa 43:6 : 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;
Isa 60:3 : 3 And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

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