Hebrew Interlinear

Psalms 72:17 Interlinear

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1יְהִ֤יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2שְׁ֫מ֥וֹH8034His namean appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
3לְֽעוֹלָ֗םH5769shall endure for everproperly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
4לִפְנֵיH6440as long asthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
5שֶׁמֶשׁ֮H8121the sunthe sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement
6יִנּ֪יֹןH5125shall be continuedto resprout, i.e., propagate by shoots; figuratively, to be perpetual
7שְׁ֫מ֥וֹH8034His namean appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
8וְיִתְבָּ֥רְכוּH1288and men shall be blessedto 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
9ב֑וֹH0
10כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
11גּוֹיִ֥םH1471in him all nationsa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
12יְאַשְּׁרֽוּהוּ׃H833shall call him blessedto be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, prosper

Verse Context

Psalms 72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains...
Psalms 72:17 (current) His name shall endure for ever as long as the sun shall be continued His name and men shall be blessed in him all nations shall call him blessed
Psalms 72:18Blessed be the LORD God God of Israel who only doeth...

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