Psalms 72:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֵ֭רֵד כְּמָטָ֣ר עַל־גֵּ֑ז כִּ֝רְבִיבִ֗ים זַרְזִ֥יף אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

yērēd like-māṭār upon-gēz like-rəbîbîm zarzîp ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*yērēd*: verb, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will come down
*kə-māṭār*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular - like rain
*ʿal-gēz*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular - upon mown grass
*ki-rəbîbîm*: preposition + noun, masculine, plural - like showers
*zarzîp*: noun, masculine, singular construct - watering
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine, singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

*yērēd*: he will come down/descend
*māṭār*: rain/rainfall
*gēz*: mown grass/fleece/shearing
*rəbîbîm*: showers/rain drops
*zarzîp*: dripping/watering/saturating
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.
Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
2 Sam 23:4 : 4 [ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
Ps 65:10 : 10 Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof.
Prov 16:15 : 15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Isa 5:6 : 6 and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isa 14:3-5 : 3 And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve, 4 that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;
Ezek 34:23-26 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it. 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
Hos 14:5-7 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

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