King James Version

Psalms 147:14

He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

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הַשָּׂםhasamthe putשׂוּםdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the put”, a verb used as a describing wordH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…גְּבוּלֵ֥ךְgevulekheborderגְּבוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosedborder, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.שָׁל֑וֹםshalomhealthשָׁלוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “health”, the ordinary formH7965safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace[idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] whol…חֵ֥לֶבchelevfatחֶלֶבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fat”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2459fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part[idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.חִ֝טִּ֗יםchitimwheatחִטָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “wheat”, the ordinary formH2406wheat, whether the grain or the plantwheat(-en).יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽךְyasbiekhefillשָׂבַעverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “fill”, an unfinished actionH7646to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He maketh thy borders peace; He giveth thee in plenty the fat of wheat.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

Young’s Literal Translation

Who is making thy border peace, [With] the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.

World English Bible

He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

Darby Translation

He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He maketh thy borders peace; He giveth thee in plenty the fat of wheat.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He makes thy borders peaceful, and fills thee with the flour of wheat.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ τιθεὶς τὰ ὅριά σου εἰρήνην, καὶ στέαρ πυροῦ ἐμπιπλῶν σε·