Deuteronomy 26:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְבִאֵ֖נוּ אֶל־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וַיִּתֶּן־לָ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

And bôʾ us to ha-māqôm ha-zeh and nātan to us ha-ʾāreṣ ha-zōʾt ʾereṣ zābat ḥālāb and dĕbaš

Grammar Details

*bôʾ*: verb, imperfect (hiphil), 3rd singular masculine with *wa-* prefix - and he brought
*ha-māqôm*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the place
*ha-zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
*nātan*: verb, imperfect, 3rd singular masculine with *wa-* prefix - and he gave
*ha-ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the land
*ha-zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*zābat*: verb, participle (qal), feminine singular construct - flowing with
*ḥālāb*: noun, masculine singular - milk
*dĕbaš*: noun, masculine singular - honey

Word Meanings

*bôʾ*: bring/lead/carry in
*māqôm*: place/location/site
*nātan*: give/grant/bestow
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/territory/ground
*ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory/ground
*zābat*: flowing with/oozing/dripping
*ḥālāb*: milk/dairy
*dĕbaš*: honey/syrup/nectar

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Referenced Verses

Exod 3:8 : 8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Josh 23:14 : 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof.
1 Sam 7:12 : 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath Jehovah helped us.
Ps 105:44 : 44 And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession:
Ps 107:7-8 : 7 He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation. 8 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Ezek 20:6 : 6 in that day I sware unto them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
Ezek 20:15 : 15 Moreover also I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
Acts 26:22 : 22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing {G1622} but what the prophets and Moses did say should come;

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