Psalm 72:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.

Young's Literal Translation
There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.

King James Bible
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Hebrew
May there be
יְהִ֤י (yə·hî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

an abundance
פִסַּת־ (p̄is·saṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6451: Probably abundance, plenty

of grain
בַּ֨ר ׀ (bar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1250: Grain, the open country

in the land;
בָּאָרֶץ֮ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

may it sway
יִרְעַ֣שׁ (yir·‘aš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7493: To undulate, through fear, to spring

atop
בְּרֹ֪אשׁ (bə·rōš)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

the hills.
הָ֫רִ֥ים (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

May its fruit trees
פִּרְי֑וֹ (pir·yōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6529: Fruit

flourish
וְיָצִ֥יצוּ (wə·yā·ṣî·ṣū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6692: To twinkle, glance, to blossom

like [the forests of] Lebanon,
כַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן (kal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3844: Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel

and its people
מֵ֝עִ֗יר (mê·‘îr)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

like the grass
כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב (kə·‘ê·śeḇ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6212: Herb, herbage

of the field.
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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