Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 12:20
20When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֨ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֥יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| expands | יַרְחִיב֩ | yar·ḥîḇ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7337 be, or grow, wide, large |
| your territory | גְּבֽוּלְךָ֮ | gə·ḇū·lə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1366 border, boundary, territory |
| as | כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| He has promised | דִּבֶּר־ | dib·ber- | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| and you | נַפְשְׁךָ֖ | nap̄·šə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| crave | תְאַוֶּ֥ה | ṯə·’aw·weh | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H183 incline, desire |
| meat | בָּשָׂ֑ר | bā·śār | Noun - masculine singular | H1320 flesh |
| and say | וְאָמַרְתָּ֙ | wə·’ā·mar·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I want to eat | אֹכְלָ֣ה | ’ō·ḵə·lāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H398 eat |
| meat | בָשָׂ֔ר | ḇā·śār | Noun - masculine singular | H1320 flesh |
| you may eat | תֹּאכַ֥ל | tō·ḵal | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H398 eat |
| it | בָּשָֽׂר׃ | bā·śār | Noun - masculine singular | H1320 flesh |
| whenever | בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| you | נַפְשְׁךָ֖ | nap̄·šə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| want | אַוַּ֥ת | ’aw·waṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H185 desire |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 19:8 · Deuteronomy 11:24 · Exodus 34:24 · 1 Chronicles 4:10 · Genesis 28:14 · Deuteronomy 12:15 · Psalm 63:1 · Genesis 15:18–21 · Psalm 107:9 · Exodus 23:31
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.