Deuteronomy 17:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־תָבֹ֣א אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֖הּ וְיָשַׁ֣בְתָּה בָּ֑הּ וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ אָשִׂ֤ימָה עָלַי֙ מֶ֔לֶךְ כְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר סְבִיבֹתָֽי׃

Transliteration

When tāḇōʾ to the ʾāreṣ which YHWH ʾĕlōheḵā nōtēn to you, and wîrištāh and yāšaḇtāh in it; and ʾāmartā, "ʾāśîmāh upon me meleḵ like all-the gôyim which around me."

Grammar Details

כִּֽי־תָבֹ֣א: conjunction + qal imperfect 2ms - when you come/enter
אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ: preposition + article + noun feminine singular - to the land
אֲשֶׁ֨ר: relative particle - which
יְהוָ֤ה: divine name - YHWH
אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙: noun masculine plural construct + 2ms suffix - your God
נֹתֵ֣ן: qal participle masculine singular - giving
לָ֔ךְ: preposition + 2ms suffix - to you
וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֖הּ: conjunction + qal perfect 2ms + 3fs suffix - and you possess it
וְיָשַׁ֣בְתָּה: conjunction + qal perfect 2ms - and you dwell
בָּ֑הּ: preposition + 3fs suffix - in it
וְאָמַרְתָּ֗: conjunction + qal perfect 2ms - and you will say
אָשִׂ֤ימָה: qal imperfect 1cs cohortative - let me set/place
עָלַי֙: preposition + 1cs suffix - upon me
מֶ֔לֶךְ: noun masculine singular - king
כְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם: preposition + noun masculine singular construct + article + noun masculine plural - like all the nations
אֲשֶׁ֥ר: relative particle - which
סְבִיבֹתָֽי: noun feminine plural construct + 1cs suffix - around me

Word Meanings

*tāḇōʾ*: you come/you enter
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/territory
*nōtēn*: giving/granting
*wîrištāh*: and you possess it/and you take possession of it
*yāšaḇtāh*: and you dwell/and you settle
*ʾāmartā*: you will say/you may say
*ʾāśîmāh*: let me set/let me place/let me appoint
*meleḵ*: king/ruler
*gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 8:19-20 : 19 But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us, 20 that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
1 Sam 12:19 : 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, that we die not; for we have added unto all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.
Lev 14:34 : 34 When ye are come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
Deut 7:1 : 1 When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
Deut 11:31 : 31 For ye are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
Deut 12:9-9 : 9 for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. 10 But when ye go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Jehovah your God causeth you to inherit, and he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
Deut 18:9 : 9 When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Deut 26:1 : 1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein,
Deut 26:9 : 9 and he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Josh 1:13 : 13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land.
1 Sam 8:5-7 : 5 and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah. 7 And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

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