May there beיְהִיabundanceפִסַּתof grainבַּרin the land,בָּאָרֶץon the topבְּרֹאשׁof the mountains;הָרִיםmay its fruitפִּרְיוֹwaveיִרְעַשׁlike Lebanon;כַּלְּבָנוֹןand may those of the cityוְ מֵעִירflourishיָצִיצוּlike the grassכְּעֵשֶׂבof the earth.הָאָרֶץ
Psalms 72:16
Study it in the app“May there be abundance of grain in the land, on the top of the mountains; may its fruit wave like Lebanon; and may those of the city flourish like the grass of the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 72:16, word by word
- May there beיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- abundanceפִסַּתfisat
abundance
Abundance, plenty. It appears only once, said of grain.
Where else “fisat” appears- of grainבַּרbar
grain
Cereal already threshed and cleaned, the basis of bread.
Where else “bar” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- on the topרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- may its fruitפִּרְיpiry
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “piry” appears- waveיִרְעַשׁyirash
quake
To rumble, like the earth or mountains.
Where else “yirash” appears- like Lebanonלְּבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- and may those of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- flourishיָצִיצוּyatsitsu
blossom
To put out petals; grow strong, thrive.
Where else “yatsitsu” appears- like the grassעֵשֶׂבesev
plants, vegetation
Small plants, herbs and crops that serve as food for people and animals.
Where else “esev” appears
Translation note
“May its fruit wave like Lebanon”: it can be understood that the ears of grain sway in the wind like the forests of Lebanon.
Places in this verse
Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
The context
15And may he live, and may there be given to him of the gold of Sheba; and may prayer be made for him continually; all the day may he be blessed.
16 · This verse (above)
17May his name endure forever; before the sun may his name continue; and may they bless themselves in him; may all nations call him happy.