Deuteronomy 1:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֽוֹתֵכֶ֗ם יֹסֵ֧ף עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם כָּכֶ֖ם אֶ֣לֶף פְּעָמִ֑ים וִיבָרֵ֣ךְ אֶתְכֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר לָכֶֽם

Transliteration

YHWH ʾĕlōhê ʾăḇôṯêḵem yōsēp upon-you as-you ʾelep pəʿāmîm and-wîḇārēḵ you as-which dibbēr to-you

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct - God of
*ʾăḇôṯêḵem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your fathers
*yōsēp*: hiphil jussive 3rd masculine singular - may he add
*ʾelep*: masculine singular noun - thousand
*pəʿāmîm*: feminine plural noun - times
*wîḇārēḵ*: piel jussive 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and may he bless
*dibbēr*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he spoke

Word Meanings

*yōsēp*: may he add/increase/multiply
*wîḇārēḵ*: and may he bless/praise/salute
*dibbēr*: he spoke/said/promised

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Referenced Verses

Gen 22:17 : 17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Exod 32:13 : 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
Num 6:27 : 27 So shall they put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
2 Sam 24:3 : 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now Jehovah thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
Ps 115:14 : 14 Jehovah increase you more and more, You and your children.
Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
1 Chr 21:3 : 3 And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel?
Num 22:12 : 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.
Gen 26:4 : 4 and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Gen 49:25 : 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Deut 1:10
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10Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Gen 28:3-4
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3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples;
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Deut 11:21
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21that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
Deut 10:21-22
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21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
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13and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
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Ps 115:14-15
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14Jehovah increase you more and more, You and your children.
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Deut 30:5
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5and Jehovah thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
Neh 9:23
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23Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Heb 6:14
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Deut 28:11
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11And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
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Gen 12:2-3
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Gen 17:2
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Gen 22:17
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Deut 29:13
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Lev 26:9
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Deut 30:9
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9And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;
Gen 26:3-4
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Gen 48:4
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Deut 19:8
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Deut 8:13
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Gen 17:6
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Deut 6:3
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Exod 32:13
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Num 6:24
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