Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 3:24–25
24“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours? 25Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan — that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”
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Deuteronomy 3:24
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O Lord | אֲדֹנָ֣י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H136 lord |
| GOD | יְהוִ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3069 Yahweh |
| You | אַתָּ֤ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| have begun | הַֽחִלּ֙וֹתָ֙ | ha·ḥil·lō·w·ṯā | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H2490 bore, pierce |
| to show | לְהַרְא֣וֹת | lə·har·’ō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H7200 see |
| Your greatness | גָּדְלְךָ֔ | gā·ḏə·lə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1433 greatness |
| and power | יָדְךָ֖ | yā·ḏə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| to Your servant | עַבְדְּךָ֔ | ‘aḇ·də·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| For | אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| what | מִי־ | mî- | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| god | אֵל֙ | ’êl | Noun - masculine singular | H410 god |
| in heaven | בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם | baš·šā·ma·yim | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
| or on earth | וּבָאָ֔רֶץ | ū·ḇā·’ā·reṣ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| can perform | יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה | ya·‘ă·śeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| such works | כְמַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָ | ḵə·ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H4639 deed, work |
| and mighty acts | וְכִגְבוּרֹתֶֽךָ׃ | wə·ḵiḡ·ḇū·rō·ṯe·ḵā | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H1369 strength, might |
Deuteronomy 3:25
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Please | נָּ֗א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| let me cross over | אֶעְבְּרָה־ | ’e‘·bə·rāh- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| and see | וְאֶרְאֶה֙ | wə·’er·’eh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | H7200 see |
| the good | הַטּוֹבָ֔ה | haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh | Article; Adjective - feminine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| land | הָאָ֣רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| beyond | בְּעֵ֣בֶר | bə·‘ê·ḇer | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H5676 region across or beyond, side |
| the Jordan | הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן | hay·yar·dên | Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3383 Jordan |
| that | הַזֶּ֖ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| pleasant | הַטּ֛וֹב | haṭ·ṭō·wḇ | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| hill country | הָהָ֥ר | hā·hār | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| as well as Lebanon | וְהַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ | wə·hal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3844 Lebanon |
Cross-references
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Deuteronomy 3:24 Exodus 15:11 · Psalm 71:19 · Deuteronomy 11:2 · Jeremiah 32:18–21 · 2 Samuel 7:22 · Psalm 86:8 · Psalm 145:6 · Psalm 89:8 · Daniel 3:29 · Isaiah 40:25 · Nehemiah 9:32 · Psalm 35:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.