Psalms 72:10
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. | May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. | The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [the] kings of | מַלְכֵ֬י | mal-KHEI | H4428G | kingמֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) 1) king Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430) |
| Tarshish | תַרְשִׁ֣ישׁ | tar-SHISH | H8659H | Tarshishתַּרְשִׁישׁ (tar.shish) § Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper" 1) a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee perhaps in Cyprus or Spain 2) a city somewhere near and accessible to the Red Sea to which ships constructed at Ezion-geber on the Elanitic Gulf on the Red Sea were to sail |
| and [the] islands | וְ֭אִיִּים | VE-'i-yim | H0339 | coastlandאִי (i) coast, island, shore, region |
| tribute | מִנְחָ֣ה | min-CHAH | H4503I | offeringמִנְחָה (min.chah) : offering/sacrifice 1) gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering 1a) gift, present 1b) tribute 1c) offering (to God) 1d) grain offering |
| they will pay | יָשִׁ֑יבוּ | ya-SHI-vu | H7725K | to return: returnשׁוּב (shuv) : return 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away (enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) … |
| [the] kings of | מַלְכֵ֥י | mal-KHEI | H4428G | kingמֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) 1) king Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430) |
| Sheba | שְׁבָ֥א | she-VA' | H7614J | Shebaשְׁבָא (she.va) § Sheba = "seven" or "an oath" a nation in southern Arabia |
| and Seba | וּ֝סְבָ֗א | u-se-VA' | H5434H | Sebaסְבָא (se.va) § Seba = "drink thou" a nation south of Palestine, perhaps Ethiopia |
| a gift | אֶשְׁכָּ֥ר | 'esh-KAR | H0814 | giftאֶשְׁכָּר (esh.kar) gift |
| they will bring near | יַקְרִֽיבוּ׃ | yak-RI-vu | H7126H | to present: comeקָרַב (qa.rav) : come/approach 1) to come near, approach, enter into, draw near 1a) (Qal) to approach, draw near 1b) (Niphal) to be brought near 1c) (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near 1d) (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.