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Psalm 108

Psa. 108:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Gilead
Gil`ad (Hebrew #1568)
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Gilead, Gileadite.
Pronounce: ghil-awd'
Origin: probably from 1567
is mine; Manasseh
Mnashsheh (Hebrew #4519)
causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Manasseh.
Pronounce: men-ash-sheh'
Origin: from 5382
is mine; Ephraim
'Ephrayim (Hebrew #669)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
Pronounce: ef-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of masculine form of 672
also is the strength
ma`owz (Hebrew #4581)
or mahoz {maw-oze'} (also ma,uz {maw-ooz'}; from 5810; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
KJV usage: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), (X most) strong (hold).
Pronounce: maw-oze'
Origin: (also mauwz {maw-ooz'})
of mine head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
; Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
d is my lawgiver
chaqaq (Hebrew #2710)
properly, 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 times) or (gen.) prescribe
KJV usage: appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
Pronounce: khaw-kak'
Origin: a primitive root
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Gen. 49:10• 10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. (Gen. 49:10)

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Ephraim,
Gilead,
Head,
Judah,
Lawgiver,
Manasseh

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gilead.
Josh. 13:8‑11• 8With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them;
 9From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
 10And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
 11And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; (Josh. 13:8‑11)
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2 Sam. 2:8• 8But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; (2 Sam. 2:8)
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2 Sam. 5:5• 5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. (2 Sam. 5:5)
Ephraim.
Deut. 33:17• 17His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. (Deut. 33:17)
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1 Sam. 28:4• 4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. (1 Sam. 28:4)
Judah.
Psa. 122:5• 5For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. (Psa. 122:5)
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Gen. 49:10• 10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. (Gen. 49:10)
• Great had been the failure of Manasseh, and great the sin of Ephraim; but no failure can frustrate God’s purpose to bless His people. In spite of all failure God rejoices in them, claims them as His own, and in holiness has said that He will triumph over all those who have opposed His beloved ones. (“Psalms 108” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strengthb of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

JND Translation Notes

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b
"defence."