Psalms 115:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שָׁ֭מַיִם לַיהוָ֑ה וְ֝הָאָ֗רֶץ נָתַ֥ן לִבְנֵי־אָדָֽם׃

Transliteration

The-šāmayim šāmayim to-YHWH, wĕ-the-ʾāreṣ nāṯan to-bĕnê-ʾāḏām.

Grammar Details

• הַשָּׁמַיִם: definite article + noun, masculine plural, 'the heavens'
• שָׁמַיִם: noun, masculine plural, 'heavens'
• לַיהוָה: preposition + divine name, 'to/for YHWH'
• *wĕ*: conjunction, 'and'
• הָאָרֶץ: definite article + noun, feminine singular, 'the earth'
• *nāṯan*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular, 'he gave'
• לִבְנֵי: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct, 'to sons of'
• *ʾāḏām*: noun, masculine singular, 'man/mankind'

Word Meanings

• *šāmayim*: heavens/sky
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
• *nāṯan*: gave/placed/established
• *bĕnê*: sons of/children of
• *ʾāḏām*: man/humankind/mankind

Referenced Verses

• Ps 89:11 : 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded{H8804)} them.
• Gen 1:28-30 : 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
• Jer 27:5-6 : 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
• Ps 8:6 : 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
• Gen 9:1-3 : 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
• Deut 32:8 : 8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
• Lam 3:66 : 66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
• Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
• John 14:2 : 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
• Ps 144:5 : 5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
• Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?