Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 8:7–9

⁷For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills; ⁸a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; ⁹a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.

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Deuteronomy 8:7

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֚י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
your God	אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ	’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H430 God
is bringing	מְבִֽיאֲךָ֖	mə·ḇî·’ă·ḵā	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
you into	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
a good	טוֹבָ֑ה	ṭō·w·ḇāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
land	אֶ֣רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
a land	אֶ֚רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of brooks	נַ֣חֲלֵי	na·ḥă·lê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H5158 torrent, torrent-valley, wady
and fountains	עֲיָנֹת֙	‘ă·yā·nōṯ	Noun - common plural	H5869 eye
and springs	וּתְהֹמֹ֔ת	ū·ṯə·hō·mōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common plural	H8415 deep, sea, abyss
that flow	יֹצְאִ֥ים	yō·ṣə·’îm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H3318 go or come out
through the valleys	בַּבִּקְעָ֖ה	bab·biq·‘āh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1237 valley
and hills	וּבָהָֽר׃	ū·ḇā·hār	Conjunctive waw, Preposition, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country

Deuteronomy 8:8

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
a land	אֶ֤רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of wheat	חִטָּה֙	ḥiṭ·ṭāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2406 wheat
barley	וּשְׂעֹרָ֔ה	ū·śə·‘ō·rāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H8184 barley
vines	וְגֶ֥פֶן	wə·ḡe·p̄en	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular	H1612 vine
fig trees	וּתְאֵנָ֖ה	ū·ṯə·’ê·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H8384 fig
and pomegranates	וְרִמּ֑וֹן	wə·rim·mō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H7416 pomegranate
a land	אֶֽרֶץ־	’e·reṣ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of olive	זֵ֥ית	zêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2132 olive-tree, olive
oil	שֶׁ֖מֶן	še·men	Noun - masculine singular	H8081 fat, oil
and honey	וּדְבָֽשׁ׃	ū·ḏə·ḇāš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1706 honey

Deuteronomy 8:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
a land	אֶ֗רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
where	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you will eat	תֹּֽאכַל־	tō·ḵal-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H398 eat
food	לֶ֔חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
without	לֹ֤א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
scarcity	בְמִסְכֵּנֻת֙	ḇə·mis·kê·nuṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular	H4544 poverty, scarcity
where you will lack	תֶחְסַ֥ר	ṯeḥ·sar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H2637 lack, need, be lacking, decrease
nothing	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
a land	אֶ֚רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
whose rocks	אֲבָנֶ֣יהָ	’ă·ḇā·ne·hā	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H68 stone
are iron	בַרְזֶ֔ל	ḇar·zel	Noun - masculine singular	H1270 iron
and whose hills	וּמֵהֲרָרֶ֖יהָ	ū·mê·hă·rā·re·hā	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H2042 mountain
are ready to be mined	תַּחְצֹ֥ב	taḥ·ṣōḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H2672 hew, hew out, cleave
for copper	נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃	nə·ḥō·šeṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H5178 copper, bronze

Cross-references

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Deuteronomy 8:7 Deuteronomy 11:9–12 · Exodus 3:8 · Ezekiel 20:6 · Psalm 65:9–13 · Deuteronomy 6:10–11 · Nehemiah 9:24–25

Deuteronomy 8:8 John 6:13 · Psalm 147:14 · Deuteronomy 32:14 · Hosea 2:22 · John 6:9 · 1 Kings 5:11 · 2 Chronicles 2:10–15 · Ezekiel 27:17 · Hosea 2:8 · Jeremiah 5:17 · Micah 4:4 · Habakkuk 3:17

Deuteronomy 8:9 1 Chronicles 22:14 · Joshua 22:8 · Deuteronomy 33:25 · Job 28:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.