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Mayיְהִיhis nameשְׁמוֹendure forever;לְעוֹלָםbefore the sunלִפְנֵי שֶׁמֶשׁmay his nameשְׁמוֹcontinue;יִנּוֹןand may they bless themselvesוְיִתְבָּרְכוּin him;בוֹmay allכָּלnationsגּוֹיִםcall him happy.יְאַשְּׁרוּהוּ
Psalms 72:17
Study it in the app“May his name endure forever; before the sun may his name continue; and may they bless themselves in him; may all nations call him happy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 72:17, word by word
- Mayיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- endure foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- before the sunפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- before the sunשֶׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- continueיִנּוֹןyinon
sprout, endure
To sprout again, to send out shoots; figuratively, to endure, to continue in one's descendants. It appears only once.
Where else “yinon” appears- and may they bless themselvesיִתְבָּרְכוּyitbarchu
greet
To wish someone God's good; to greet.
Where else “yitbarchu” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- call him happyיְאַשְּׁרוּyeashru
call happy
To declare someone happy because things go well for them.
Where else “yeashru” appears
Translation note
“May they bless themselves in him”: almost the same words as the promise made to Abraham (Genesis 12:3; 22:18).
The context
16May 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.
17 · This verse (above)
18Blessed be YHWH Elohim, the Elohim of Israel, who does wonders, he alone.