Psalms 72:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He shall have dominion{H8799)} 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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King James 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 heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Exod 23:31 : 31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert 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 shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Ps 80:11 : 11 She sent out{H8762)} her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Ps 89:25 : 25 I will set{H8804)} his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in 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 were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms 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 world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
1 Kgs 4:21-24 : 21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, 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 an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

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