Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 11:9–12

⁹and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

¹⁰For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden. ¹¹But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven. ¹²It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.

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Deuteronomy 11:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and so that	וּלְמַ֨עַן	ū·lə·ma·‘an	Conjunction	H4616 purpose, intent
you may live long	תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּ	ta·’ă·rî·ḵū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H748 be long
in	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the land	הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה	hā·’ă·ḏā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land
that	אֲשֶׁר֩	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the LORD	יְהוָ֧ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
swore	נִשְׁבַּ֨ע	niš·ba‘	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7650 swear
to your fathers	לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֛ם	la·’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1 father
to give	לָתֵ֥ת	lā·ṯêṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5414 give, put, set
them	לָהֶ֖ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
and their descendants	וּלְזַרְעָ֑ם	ū·lə·zar·‘ām	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
a land	אֶ֛רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
flowing	זָבַ֥ת	zā·ḇaṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct	H2100 flow, gush
with milk	חָלָ֖ב	ḥā·lāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2461 milk
and honey	וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ס	ū·ḏə·ḇāš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1706 honey

Deuteronomy 11:10

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the land	הָאָ֗רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
that	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you	אַתָּ֤ה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
are entering	בָא־	ḇā-	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to possess	לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ	lə·riš·tāh	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular	H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
is not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
like the land	כְאֶ֤רֶץ	ḵə·’e·reṣ	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Egypt	מִצְרַ֙יִם֙	miṣ·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
from which	הִ֔וא	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
you have come	יְצָאתֶ֖ם	yə·ṣā·ṯem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H3318 go or come out
where	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you sowed	תִּזְרַע֙	tiz·ra‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H2232 sow, scatter seed
your seed	זַרְעֲךָ֔	zar·‘ă·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
and irrigated	וְהִשְׁקִ֥יתָ	wə·hiš·qî·ṯā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H8248 quaff, irrigate, furnish a potion to
on foot	בְרַגְלְךָ֖	ḇə·raḡ·lə·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7272 foot
like a vegetable	הַיָּרָֽק׃	hay·yā·rāq	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3419 herbs
garden	כְּגַ֥ן	kə·ḡan	Preposition-k; Noun - common singular construct	H1588 enclosure, garden

Deuteronomy 11:11

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But the land	וְהָאָ֗רֶץ	wə·hā·’ā·reṣ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
that	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you	אַתֶּ֜ם	’at·tem	Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
are crossing	עֹבְרִ֥ים	‘ō·ḇə·rîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
to possess	לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ	lə·riš·tāh	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular	H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
is a land	אֶ֥רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of mountains	הָרִ֖ים	hā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
and valleys	וּבְקָעֹ֑ת	ū·ḇə·qā·‘ōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H1237 valley
that drinks in	תִּשְׁתֶּה־	tiš·teh-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H8354 drink
the rain	לִמְטַ֥ר	lim·ṭar	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4306 rain
from heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft

Deuteronomy 11:12

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
It is a land	אֶ֕רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
for which	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the LORD	יְהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
your God	אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ	’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H430 God
cares	דֹּרֵ֣שׁ	dō·rêš	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H1875 resort to, seek
the eyes	עֵינֵ֨י	‘ê·nê	Noun - cdc	H5869 eye
of the LORD	יְהוָ֤ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
your God	אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙	’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H430 God
are always	תָּמִ֗יד	tā·mîḏ	Adverb	H8548 continuity
on it	בָּ֔הּ	bāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
from the beginning	מֵֽרֵשִׁית֙	mê·rê·šîṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H7225 beginning, chief
to	וְעַ֖ד	wə·‘aḏ	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the end	אַחֲרִ֥ית	’a·ḥă·rîṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H319 after-part, end
of the year	הַשָּׁנָ֔ה	haš·šā·nāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year