Verse 23

{ "verseID": "Deuteronomy.28.23", "source": "וְהָי֥וּ שָׁמֶ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־רֹאשְׁךָ֖ נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְהָאָ֥רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־תַּחְתֶּ֖יךָ בַּרְזֶֽל׃", "text": "*wəhāyû* *šāmêkā* *ʾăšer* *ʿal*-*rōʾšəkā* *nəḥōšet* *wəhāʾāreṣ* *ʾăšer*-*taḥtêkā* *barzel*", "grammar": { "*wəhāyû*": "conjunction (wə-) + qal perfect, 3rd person plural - and they will be", "*šāmêkā*": "noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heavens/skies", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*ʿal*-*rōʾšəkā*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - over your head", "*nəḥōšet*": "noun, feminine singular - bronze/copper", "*wəhāʾāreṣ*": "conjunction (wə-) + definite article + noun, feminine singular - and the earth/land", "*ʾăšer*-*taḥtêkā*": "relative pronoun + preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - which is beneath you", "*barzel*": "noun, masculine singular - iron" }, "variants": { "*šāmêkā*": "your heavens/skies", "*rōʾšəkā*": "your head", "*nəḥōšet*": "bronze/copper/brass", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground", "*taḥtêkā*": "beneath/under you", "*barzel*": "iron" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Leviticus.26.19", "source": "וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־גְּא֣וֹן עֻזְּכֶ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־שְׁמֵיכֶם֙ כַּבַּרְזֶ֔ל וְאֶֽת־אַרְצְכֶ֖ם כַּנְּחֻשָֽׁה׃", "text": "And *wə-šāḇartî* *ʾet*-*gəʾôn* *ʿuzzəḵem* and *wə-nāṯattî* *ʾet*-*šəmêḵem* like *ka-barzel* and *wə-ʾet*-*ʾarṣəḵem* like *ka-nəḥušâ*.", "grammar": { "*wə-šāḇartî*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will break", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*gəʾôn*": "construct state, masculine singular - pride of", "*ʿuzzəḵem*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your strength", "*wə-nāṯattî*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will make/set", "*šəmêḵem*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your heavens", "*ka-barzel*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like iron", "*ʾarṣəḵem*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your land/earth", "*ka-nəḥušâ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - like bronze/copper" }, "variants": { "*šāḇartî*": "break/shatter/destroy", "*gəʾôn*": "pride/majesty/exaltation", "*ʿuzzəḵem*": "strength/might/power", "*nāṯattî*": "give/put/set/make", "*barzel*": "iron", "*nəḥušâ*": "bronze/copper" } }
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 { "verseID": "1 Kings.17.1", "source": "וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּ֜י מִתֹּשָׁבֵ֣י גִלְעָד֮ אֶל־אַחְאָב֒ חַי־יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָמַ֣דְתִּי לְפָנָ֔יו אִם־יִהְיֶ֛ה הַשָּׁנִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה טַ֣ל וּמָטָ֑ר כִּ֖י אִם־לְפִ֥י דְבָרִֽי׃ ס", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *ʾēliyyāhû* the *tiššbî* from *tōšāḇê* *gilʿād* to *ʾaḥʾāḇ*, *ḥay-yhwh* *ʾĕlōhê* *yiśrāʾēl* whom *ʿāmaḏtî* before *lǝpānāyw*, if *yihyeh* the *ššānîm* the *hāʾēlleh* *ṭal* and *māṭār* except by *pî* *ḏǝḇārî*.", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾēliyyāhû*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Elijah", "*tiššbî*": "noun with definite article, masculine singular - the Tishbite", "*tōšāḇê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - inhabitants of", "*gilʿād*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Gilead", "*ʾaḥʾāḇ*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Ahab", "*ḥay-yhwh*": "adjective construct + divine name - living (is) YHWH", "*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine singular construct - God of", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Israel", "*ʿāmaḏtî*": "qal perfect, 1st singular - I have stood", "*lǝpānāyw*": "preposition + noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - before him", "*yihyeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - there will be", "*ššānîm*": "noun with definite article, feminine plural - the years", "*hāʾēlleh*": "demonstrative adjective with definite article - these", "*ṭal*": "noun, masculine singular - dew", "*māṭār*": "noun, masculine singular - rain", "*pî*": "noun, masculine singular construct - mouth of", "*ḏǝḇārî*": "noun + 1st singular suffix - my word" }, "variants": { "*ʾēliyyāhû*": "Elijah/My God is YHWH", "*tiššbî*": "Tishbite/inhabitant of Tishbe", "*ḥay-yhwh*": "As YHWH lives/by the life of YHWH (oath formula)", "*ʿāmaḏtî*": "I have stood/I serve", "*lǝpānāyw*": "before him/in his presence", "*yihyeh*": "there will be/there shall be", "*ṭal*": "dew/moisture", "*pî*": "mouth/command", "*ḏǝḇārî*": "my word/my command" } }
  • 1 Kgs 18:2 : 2 { "verseID": "1 Kings.18.2", "source": "וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ לְהֵרָא֖וֹת אֶל־אַחְאָ֑ב וְהָרָעָ֖ב חָזָ֥ק בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן", "text": "And *wayyēlek* *ʾēlîyāhû* *ləhērāʾôt* to-*ʾaḥʾāb* and-the-*rāʿāb* *ḥāzāq* in-*šōmərôn*", "grammar": { "*wayyēlek*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3ms - and he went", "*ʾēlîyāhû*": "proper name - Elijah", "*ləhērāʾôt*": "preposition + niphal infinitive construct - to appear/to show himself", "*ʾaḥʾāb*": "proper name - Ahab", "*rāʿāb*": "noun masculine singular - famine/hunger", "*ḥāzāq*": "adjective masculine singular - strong/severe", "*šōmərôn*": "proper name - Samaria" }, "variants": { "*ləhērāʾôt*": "to show himself/to appear/to be seen", "*rāʿāb*": "famine/hunger/starvation", "*ḥāzāq*": "strong/severe/intense" } }
  • Jer 14:1-6 : 1 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.14.1", "source": "אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֤ה דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ עַל־דִּבְרֵ֖י הַבַּצָּרֽוֹת׃", "text": "Which *hāyāh* *dəḇar*-*YHWH* unto-*Yirmeyāhû* concerning-*diḇrê* the-*baṣṣārôṯ*", "grammar": { "*hāyāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - was/happened/became", "*dəḇar*": "construct noun, masculine singular - word of", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*Yirmeyāhû*": "proper noun - Jeremiah", "*diḇrê*": "construct noun, masculine plural - words of/matters of", "*baṣṣārôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural with definite article - droughts/restraints" }, "variants": { "*dəḇar*": "word/speech/command/matter", "*diḇrê*": "words/matters/things/accounts", "*baṣṣārôṯ*": "droughts/restraints/withholdings/scarcity" } } 2 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.14.2", "source": "אָבְלָ֣ה יְהוּדָ֔ה וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ אֻמְלְל֖וּ קָדְר֣וּ לָאָ֑רֶץ וְצִוְחַ֥ת יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם עָלָֽתָה׃", "text": "*ʾāḇlāh* *Yəhûḏāh* *ûšəʿārêhā* *ʾumləlû* *qāḏərû* to-the-*ʾāreṣ* *wəṣiwḥaṯ* *Yərûšālaim* *ʿālāṯāh*", "grammar": { "*ʾāḇlāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular feminine - mourns/mourned", "*Yəhûḏāh*": "proper noun - Judah", "*ûšəʿārêhā*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and her gates", "*ʾumləlû*": "pual perfect, 3rd plural - have been made weak/languish", "*qāḏərû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - are/become dark/gloomy", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular with preposition + definite article - to the ground/earth", "*wəṣiwḥaṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct with conjunction - and cry of", "*ʿālāṯāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular feminine - has gone up/ascended" }, "variants": { "*ʾāḇlāh*": "mourns/laments/is in mourning", "*ʾumləlû*": "languish/wither/are made feeble", "*qāḏərû*": "are dark/mourn/are in mourning", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground", "*ṣiwḥaṯ*": "cry/shriek/wail" } } 3 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.14.3", "source": "וְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם שָׁלְח֥וּ *צעוריהם **צְעִירֵיהֶ֖ם לַמָּ֑יִם בָּ֣אוּ עַל־גֵּבִ֞ים לֹא־מָ֣צְאוּ מַ֗יִם שָׁ֤בוּ כְלֵיהֶם֙ רֵיקָ֔ם בֹּ֥שׁוּ וְהָכְלְמ֖וּ וְחָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃", "text": "*wəʾaddîrêhem* *šālḥû* *ṣəʿîrêhem* to-the-*māyim* *bāʾû* upon-*gēḇîm* not-*māṣəʾû* *mayim* *šāḇû* *kəlêhem* *rêqām* *bōšû* *wəhāḵləmû* *wəḥāp̄û* *rōʾšām*", "grammar": { "*wəʾaddîrêhem*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix with conjunction - and their nobles", "*šālḥû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they sent", "*ṣəʿîrêhem*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their young ones/servants", "*māyim*": "noun, masculine plural with preposition + definite article - for the water", "*bāʾû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they came", "*gēḇîm*": "noun, masculine plural with preposition - to cisterns/pits", "*māṣəʾû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural with negative particle - they did not find", "*šāḇû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they returned", "*kəlêhem*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their vessels", "*rêqām*": "adverb - empty", "*bōšû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they were ashamed", "*wəhāḵləmû*": "niphal perfect, 3rd plural with conjunction - and they were humiliated", "*wəḥāp̄û*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural with conjunction - and they covered", "*rōʾšām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their head" }, "variants": { "*ʾaddîrêhem*": "nobles/mighty ones/prominent people", "*ṣəʿîrêhem*": "little ones/young ones/servants/inferiors", "*gēḇîm*": "cisterns/pits/trenches/ditches", "*bōšû*": "are ashamed/are disappointed/are confounded", "*hāḵləmû*": "are humiliated/are put to shame/are disgraced", "*ḥāp̄û*": "covered/veiled/hid" } } 4 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.14.4", "source": "בַּעֲב֤וּר הָאֲדָמָה֙ חַ֔תָּה כִּ֛י לֹא־הָיָ֥ה גֶ֖שֶׁם בָּאָ֑רֶץ בֹּ֥שׁוּ אִכָּרִ֖ים חָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃", "text": "Because the-*ʾăḏāmāh* *ḥattāh* for not-*hāyāh* *gešem* in-the-*ʾāreṣ* *bōšû* *ʾikkārîm* *ḥāp̄û* *rōʾšām*", "grammar": { "*ʾăḏāmāh*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the ground/soil", "*ḥattāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular feminine - is dismayed/cracked/broken", "*hāyāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine with negative particle - was not/there was not", "*gešem*": "noun, masculine singular - rain", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular with preposition + definite article - in the land", "*bōšû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they are ashamed", "*ʾikkārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - farmers/plowmen", "*ḥāp̄û*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they covered", "*rōʾšām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their head" }, "variants": { "*ʾăḏāmāh*": "ground/soil/land/earth", "*ḥattāh*": "dismayed/broken/cracked/shocked/shattered", "*ʾikkārîm*": "farmers/plowmen/husbandmen/tillers" } } 5 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.14.5", "source": "כִּ֤י גַם־אַיֶּ֙לֶת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה יָלְדָ֖ה וְעָז֑וֹב כִּ֥י לֹֽא־הָיָ֖ה דֶּֽשֶׁא׃", "text": "For even-*ʾayyeleṯ* in-the-*śāḏeh* *yālḏāh* *wəʿāzôḇ* because not-*hāyāh* *dešeʾ*", "grammar": { "*ʾayyeleṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - hind/doe/female deer", "*śāḏeh*": "noun, masculine singular with preposition + definite article - in the field", "*yālḏāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular feminine - she gave birth", "*wəʿāzôḇ*": "qal infinitive absolute with conjunction - and forsaking/abandoning", "*hāyāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine with negative particle - was not/there was not", "*dešeʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - tender grass/vegetation" }, "variants": { "*ʾayyeleṯ*": "hind/doe/female deer", "*yālḏāh*": "gave birth/bore/brought forth", "*wəʿāzôḇ*": "forsaking/abandoning/leaving behind", "*dešeʾ*": "tender grass/vegetation/herbage/new growth" } } 6 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.14.6", "source": "וּפְרָאִים֙ עָמְד֣וּ עַל־שְׁפָיִ֔ם שָׁאֲפ֥וּ ר֖וּחַ כַּתַּנִּ֑ים כָּל֥וּ עֵינֵיהֶ֖ם כִּי־אֵ֥ין עֵֽשֶׂב׃", "text": "*ûp̄ərāʾîm* *ʿāmḏû* upon-*šəp̄āyim* *šāʾăp̄û* *rûaḥ* like-the-*tannîm* *kālû* *ʿênêhem* because-*ʾên* *ʿēśeḇ*", "grammar": { "*ûp̄ərāʾîm*": "noun, masculine plural with conjunction - and wild donkeys", "*ʿāmḏû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they stood", "*šəp̄āyim*": "noun, masculine plural with preposition - upon bare heights/hills", "*šāʾăp̄û*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they pant for/gasp", "*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular - wind/breath/air", "*tannîm*": "noun, masculine plural with preposition + definite article - like the jackals/sea monsters", "*kālû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they fail/are exhausted", "*ʿênêhem*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their eyes", "*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not", "*ʿēśeḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - herb/vegetation" }, "variants": { "*p̄ərāʾîm*": "wild donkeys/onagers", "*šəp̄āyim*": "bare heights/hills/high places", "*šāʾăp̄û*": "pant for/gasp/gulp/inhale eagerly", "*tannîm*": "jackals/dragons/sea monsters", "*kālû*": "fail/are exhausted/are consumed", "*ʿēśeḇ*": "herb/vegetation/grass/plants" } }
  • Amos 4:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Amos.4.7", "source": "וְגַ֣ם אָנֹכִי֩ מָנַ֨עְתִּי מִכֶּ֜ם אֶת־הַגֶּ֗שֶׁם בְּע֨וֹד שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה חֳדָשִׁים֙ לַקָּצִ֔יר וְהִמְטַרְתִּי֙ עַל־עִ֣יר אֶחָ֔ת וְעַל־עִ֥יר אַחַ֖ת לֹ֣א אַמְטִ֑יר חֶלְקָ֤ה אַחַת֙ תִּמָּטֵ֔ר וְחֶלְקָ֛ה אֲשֶֽׁר־לֹֽא־תַמְטִ֥יר עָלֶ֖יהָ תִּיבָֽשׁ׃", "text": "*wǝ-gam* *ʾānōkî* *mānaʿtî* from you *ʾet*-the-*gešem* in *ʿôd* *šǝlōšāh* *ḥǒdāšîm* to the-*qāṣîr* *wǝ-himṭartî* upon-*ʿîr* *ʾeḥāt* and upon-*ʿîr* *ʾaḥat* not *ʾamṭîr*; *ḥelqāh* *ʾaḥat* *timmāṭēr* and *ḥelqāh* which-not-*tamṭîr* upon it *tîbāš*", "grammar": { "*wǝ-gam*": "conjunction + particle - and also", "*ʾānōkî*": "personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*mānaʿtî*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I withheld", "*ʾet*-the-*gešem*": "direct object marker + the rain", "*ʿôd*": "adverb - still/yet/when", "*šǝlōšāh*": "cardinal number, masculine - three", "*ḥǒdāšîm*": "noun, masculine plural - months", "*qāṣîr*": "noun, masculine singular - harvest", "*wǝ-himṭartî*": "conjunction + perfect, 1st person singular, hiphil - and I caused to rain", "*ʿîr*": "noun, feminine singular - city", "*ʾeḥāt*": "cardinal number, feminine singular - one", "*ʾamṭîr*": "imperfect, 1st person singular, hiphil - I will cause to rain", "*ḥelqāh*": "noun, feminine singular - portion/piece of land", "*timmāṭēr*": "imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular, niphal - it will be rained upon", "*tamṭîr*": "imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular, hiphil - it causes rain", "*tîbāš*": "imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular, qal - it will dry up/wither" }, "variants": { "*mānaʿtî*": "withheld/kept back/restrained", "*gešem*": "rain/shower", "*qāṣîr*": "harvest/harvesting", "*himṭartî*": "caused rain to fall/sent rain", "*ʾamṭîr*": "cause rain to fall/send rain", "*ḥelqāh*": "portion/piece/part of land/field", "*tîbāš*": "dry up/wither/be dried up" } }