PSA 72

Psalm 72:17

WEB

His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

BSB

May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.

KJV

His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

Hebrew interlinear

ב֑וֹvoprep + suffix · pronominal · 3rd · masc · sing

H1961

הָיָהhâyâh/haw-yaw/

v — exist, be, become, come to pass

Derivation: a primitive root (compare 1933);

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

KJV: beacon, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.

הָיָה

vb — fall out

הָיָה 3570 vb. fall out, come to pass, become, be

Qal

I.

1.

a. Fall out, happen

b. occur, take place, come about, come to pass

2. esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass

a.

(1). וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)

(2). rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה

b. less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)

II. Come into being, become

1.

a. abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come

b. sq. prep.

2. become

a. sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)

b. sq. pred. adj.

c. become like

d. sq. pred. לְ pers.

e. sq. לְ pred.

f. oft. c. לְ pred. לְ pers.

g. with עַל and לְ

h. sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of

III. Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming)

1. exist, be in existence

2. abide, remain, continue

3. with word of locality, be in or at a place, be situated, stand, lie

4. as copula, joining subj. & pred.

5. periphrastic conjug.

Niph.

1. either be done, be brought about, or occur, come to pass

2. be done, finished, gone

H8034

שֵׁםshêm/shame/

n-m — appellation, honor, authority, character

Derivation: a primitive word [perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064];

an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

KJV: base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.

שֵׁם

n.m — name

שֵׁם 864 n.m. name (√ unknown)

1. of river, beasts, city, i.e. exact designation of it

2.

a. usu. of pers.

b. = reputation

c. esp. as giving a man a kind of posthumous life, esp. in his sons

3. name, as designation of God

4. of false gods, use forbidden

5. = memorial, monument

H5769

עוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/

n-m — concealed, vanishing, out of mind, eternity, always

Derivation: or עֹלָם; from 5956;

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

KJV: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ( without end). Compare 5331, 5703.

עוֹלָם

n.m — long duration

עוֹלָם 439 n.m. long duration, antiquity, futurity

H6440

פָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/

n-m — face, before

Derivation: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from 6437);

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

KJV: accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.

פָּנֶה

n.m — face

[פָּנֶה], pl. פָּנִים 2123 n.m. face, also faces

I.

1. face, faces

2.

a. presence, person

b. technically, see one's face, i.e. appear before one, in one's presence

3. face of seraphim

4. face of animals

5. face (= surface) of ground

6. as adv.loc. before

7. for other phrases

II. with prepositions

H8121

שֶׁמֶשׁshemesh/sheh'-mesh/

n — sun, east, ray, battlement

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant;

the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement

KJV: east side(-ward), sun (rising), west(-ward), window. See also 1053.

שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ

n.f — sun

שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ 133 n.f. et m. sun

1. sun

2. of direction: toward sun-rise, = East

3. obj. of worship

4. other phr.

5. pinnacle, as glittering, shining

H5125

נוּןnûwn/noon/

v — resprout, propagate by shoots, be perpetual

Derivation: a primitive root;

to resprout, i.e. propagate by shoots; figuratively, to be perpetual

KJV: be continued.

נוּן

vb — propagate

[נוּן, נִין] vb. propagate, increase;—Qal (or Hiph. ?) Impf. ינין Kt; > Niph. ינּוֹן Qr ψ 72:17 let his name have increase (or, if Niph., be propagated, spread); but dub.

H1288

בָּרַךְbârak/baw-rak'/

v — kneel, bless, curse

Derivation: a primitive root;

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

KJV: × abundantly, × altogether, × at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, × greatly, × indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, × still, thank.

בָּרַךְ

vb — kneel

[בָּרַךְ] 329 vb. kneel, bless

Qal

1. kneel down

2. bless

Niph. bless oneself

Pi.

1. bless God, adore with bended knees

2. God blesses

3. men bless men

4. salute, greet, with an invocation of blessing

5. bless, with the antithetical meaning curse from the greeting in departing, saying adieu to, taking leave of; but rather a blessing overdone and so really a curse as in vulgar English as well as in the Shemitic cognates

Pu.

1. pass. to be blessed, adored

2. prospered by God

3. have prosperity invoked, by Balaam

4. in gratitude

Hiph. and he made his camel kneel

Hithp. bless oneself, congratulate oneself in his heart

H3605

כֹּלkôl/kole/

n-m — whole, all, any, every

Derivation: or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from 3634;

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

כֹּל

n.m — the whole

כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all

1. with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

2. Absolutely:

a. without the art., all things, all

b. with the art. הַכֹּל

(a). where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

(b). in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

H1471

גּוֹיgôwy/go'-ee/

n-m n-pr-m — nation, a Gentile, troop, flight

Derivation: rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing);

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

KJV: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

גּוֹי

n.m — nation

גּוֹי 661 n.m. nation, people

גּוֹיִם

n.pr.gent — Goim

גּוֹיִם n.pr.gent. Tid‛al king of Goim

H833

אָשַׁרʼâshar/aw-shar'/

v — be straight, be level, right, happy, go forward, be honest, prosper

Derivation: or אָשֵׁר; a primitive root;

to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, prosper

KJV: (call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.

אָשַׁר

vb — go straight

[אָשַׁר] vb. go straight, go on, advance

Qal go straight on in the way of understanding

Pi.

1. intensive go straight on, advance

2. causative lead on

3. set right, righten

4. pronounce happy, call blessed

Pu.

1. be led on

2. be made happy, blessed

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