Psalms 72:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֭יֵרְדְּ מִיָּ֣ם עַד־יָ֑ם וּ֝מִנָּהָ֗ר עַד־אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

and-yērədə from-yām unto-yām and-from-nāhār unto-ʾapsê-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*wə-yērədə*: conjunction + verb, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he will rule/dominate
*mi-yām*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular - from sea
*ʿad-yām*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular - unto sea
*û-mi-nāhār*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine, singular - and from river
*ʿad-ʾapsê*: preposition + noun, masculine, plural construct - unto ends of
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine, singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

*yērədə*: he will rule/have dominion/govern
*mi-yām ʿad-yām*: from sea to sea/across all seas
*nāhār*: river/stream
*ʾapsê-ʾāreṣ*: ends of the earth/extremities of the land/most distant parts

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Zech 9:10 : 10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off; and he shall speak peace unto the nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Exod 23:31 : 31 And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Ps 2:8 : 8 Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Ps 80:11 : 11 It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.
Ps 89:25 : 25 I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
Ps 89:36 : 36 His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.
Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become [the kingdom] of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Ps 22:27-28 : 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations.
1 Kgs 4:21-24 : 21 And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life. 22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, 23 ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

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