Psalms 72:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake{H8799)} like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish{H8686)} like grass of the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהִ֤י פִסַּת־בַּ֨ר ׀ בָּאָרֶץ֮ בְּרֹ֢אשׁ הָ֫רִ֥ים יִרְעַ֣שׁ כַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן פִּרְי֑וֹ וְיָצִ֥יצוּ מֵ֝עִ֗יר כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

yəhî pissat-bar ׀ in-the-ʾāreṣ in-rōʾsh the-hārîm yirʿash like-the-Ləbānôn piryô and-yāṣîṣû from-ʿîr like-ʿēśeb the-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *yəhî*: verb, jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - may it be/let there be
• *pissat-bar*: noun, feminine, singular construct + noun, masculine, singular - abundance of grain
• *bā-ʾāreṣ*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - in the land
• *bə-rōʾsh*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - on top of
• *hā-rîm*: definite article + noun, masculine, plural - the mountains
• *yirʿash*: verb, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will rustle/wave
• *ka-Lləbānôn*: preposition + definite article + proper noun - like Lebanon
• *piryô*: noun, masculine, singular construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its fruit
• *wə-yāṣîṣû*: conjunction + verb, imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will flourish
• *mē-ʿîr*: preposition + noun, feminine, singular - from city
• *kə-ʿēśeb*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - like grass/vegetation of
• *hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the earth

Word Meanings

• *yəhî*: may there be/let there be
• *pissat-bar*: abundance of grain/handful of corn
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground
• *rōʾsh hārîm*: top of mountains/mountain tops
• *yirʿash*: it will wave/rustle/shake
• *Ləbānôn*: Lebanon (mountain range)
• *piryô*: its fruit/produce
• *yāṣîṣû*: they will flourish/bloom/sprout
• *ʿîr*: city/town
• *ʿēśeb hā-ʾāreṣ*: grass of the earth/vegetation of the land

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 4:20 : 20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
• Job 5:25 : 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
• Job 8:7 : 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
• Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come down{H8799)} like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
• Ps 92:12-14 : 12 The righteous shall flourish{H8799)} like the palm tree: he shall grow{H8799)} like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that be planted{H8803)} in the house of the LORD shall flourish{H8686)} in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit{H8799)} in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
• Ps 104:16 : 16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
• Isa 2:2-3 : 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Isa 29:17 : 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
• Isa 30:23 : 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
• Isa 32:15 : 15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
• Isa 32:20 : 20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
• Isa 35:2 : 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
• Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
• Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
• Hos 14:5-7 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow 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 corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
• Matt 13:31-33 : 31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
• Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
• Acts 1:15 : 15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said,(the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
• Acts 2:41 : 41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
• Acts 4:4 : 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
• 1 Cor 3:6-9 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
• Rev 7:9 : 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
• Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.