Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 8:9

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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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

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.