Psalms 2:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁאַ֤ל מִמֶּ֗נִּי וְאֶתְּנָ֣ה ג֭וֹיִם נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ וַ֝אֲחֻזָּתְךָ֗ אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

šəʾal mimmennî wə-ʾettənâ ḡôyim naḥălāṯeḵā wa-ʾăḥuzzāṯəḵā ʾap̄sê-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*šəʾal*: qal imperative, masculine singular - ask
*mimmennî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from me
*wə-ʾettənâ*: conjunction + qal cohortative, 1st person singular - and I will give
*ḡôyim*: masculine plural noun - nations/gentiles
*naḥălāṯeḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your inheritance
*wa-ʾăḥuzzāṯəḵā*: conjunction + feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your possession
*ʾap̄sê*: masculine plural construct noun - ends of
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land

Word Meanings

*šəʾal*: ask/request/demand
*ḡôyim*: nations/gentiles/heathen peoples
*naḥălāṯeḵā*: your inheritance/heritage/possession
*ʾăḥuzzāṯəḵā*: your possession/property/holding
*ʾap̄sê-ʾāreṣ*: ends of the earth/uttermost parts of the land

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Ps 72:8 : 8 He shall have dominion{H8799)} also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Dan 7:13 : 13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
John 17:4-5 : 4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Ps 89:27 : 27 Also I will make{H8799)} him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

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