Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 31:20

²⁰When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I have brought them	אֲבִיאֶ֜נּוּ	’ă·ḇî·’en·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
into	אֶֽל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the land	הָאֲדָמָ֣ה׀	hā·’ă·ḏā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land
that	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
I swore	נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי	niš·ba‘·tî	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7650 swear
to give their fathers	לַאֲבֹתָ֗יו	la·’ă·ḇō·ṯāw	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
a land flowing	זָבַ֤ת	zā·ḇaṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct	H2100 flow, gush
with milk	חָלָב֙	ḥā·lāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2461 milk
and honey	וּדְבַ֔שׁ	ū·ḏə·ḇaš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1706 honey
they will eat	וְאָכַ֥ל	wə·’ā·ḵal	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H398 eat
their fill	וְשָׂבַ֖ע	wə·śā·ḇa‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
and prosper	וְדָשֵׁ֑ן	wə·ḏā·šên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1878 be fat, grow fat
Then they will turn	וּפָנָ֞ה	ū·p̄ā·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H6437 turn
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
other	אֲחֵרִים֙	’ă·ḥê·rîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H312 another
gods	אֱלֹהִ֤ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
and worship them	וַעֲבָד֔וּם	wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏūm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural; third person masculine plural	H5647 work, serve
and they will reject Me	וְנִ֣אֲצ֔וּנִי	wə·ni·’ă·ṣū·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H5006 contemn, spurn
and break	וְהֵפֵ֖ר	wə·hê·p̄êr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H6565 break, frustrate
My covenant	בְּרִיתִֽי׃	bə·rî·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H1285 covenant

Cross-references

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Hosea 13:6 · Deuteronomy 6:10–12 · Nehemiah 9:25–26 · Exodus 3:8 · Ezekiel 34:16 · Jeremiah 5:28 · Ezekiel 34:20 · Exodus 3:17 · Nehemiah 9:35 · Psalm 73:7 · Deuteronomy 8:7 · Deuteronomy 7:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.