Psalms 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Psalms 2:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 2:88 words

HebrewMeaning

שְׁאַ֤לšəʾal

ask (counselverbH7592

on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···

מִמֶּ֗/נִּיmimeniy

abovepronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

וְ/אֶתְּנָ֣הwəʾetənāh

addconjH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

ג֭וֹיִםgwōyim

GentilenounH1471

heathen · nation · people

נַחֲלָתֶ֑/ךָnaḥălātekā

heritagenounH5159

to inherit · inheritance · possession. Compare

וַ֝/אֲחֻזָּתְ/ךָ֗waʾăḥuzātəkā

possessionconjH272

אַפְסֵיʾapəsēy

anklenounH657

but · end · howbeit · less than nothing ···

אָֽרֶץʾāreṣ

earthnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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