King James Version
Psalms 108:8 in the King James Version says “Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 108 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;”
Psalms 108:8 · KJV
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Moab is my washpot ; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is mine Manasseh”
H4519menashsheh, a grandson of jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“is mine Ephraim”
H669ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“of mine head”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
“is my lawgiver”
H2710properly, to hack, i.e., engrave (judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive
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