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# May he have dominion

"May the king have dominion"

# from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth

Both of these expressions are merisms and refer to the whole earth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])

# from sea to sea

from the Dead Sea and the Sea of Kinnereth in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

# the River

"the Euphrates River," which the Israelites would travel to on land by going north

# the ends of the earth

as far as people could travel on land by different routes to the south. The Israelites spoke of the earth as if it were a flat surface with ends. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])