Psalms 16:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֲבָלִ֣ים נָֽפְלוּ־לִ֭י בַּנְּעִמִ֑ים אַף־נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה עָלֽ͏ָי׃

Transliteration

ḥăḇālîm nāp̄lû-to me in nəʿîmîm indeed-naḥălāt šāp̄rāh upon me

Grammar Details

• *ḥăḇālîm*: noun, masculine plural - measuring lines/territories/portions
• *nāp̄lû*: perfect verb, 3rd person plural - they fell/were allotted
• in *nəʿîmîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - in pleasant places
• *naḥălāt*: noun, feminine singular construct - inheritance of/heritage
• *šāp̄rāh*: perfect verb, 3rd person feminine singular - it is beautiful/pleasing
• upon me: preposition with 1st person suffix - upon/to me

Word Meanings

• *ḥăḇālîm*: measuring lines/territories/portions/lot lines
• *nāp̄lû*: they fell/were allotted/were assigned
• *nəʿîmîm*: pleasant places/delightful places/beautiful places
• *naḥălāt*: inheritance/heritage/possession
• *šāp̄rāh*: is beautiful/is pleasing/is delightful

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:55 : 55 He cast out{H8762)} the heathen also before them, and divided{H8686)} them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell{H8686)} in their tents.
• Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
• Ps 21:1-3 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. 3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
• John 20:17 : 17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
• Rom 8:17 : 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
• 1 Cor 3:21-23 : 21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
• Eph 1:18 : 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
• Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Rev 3:21 : 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• Amos 7:17 : 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.