Deuteronomy 28:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּר֧וּךְ פְּרִֽי־בִטְנְךָ֛ וּפְרִ֥י אַדְמָתְךָ֖ וּפְרִ֣י בְהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָ שְׁגַ֥ר אֲלָפֶ֖יךָ וְעַשְׁתְּר֥וֹת צֹאנֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

Bārûk pĕrî-biṭnĕkā and pĕrî ʾadmātĕkā and pĕrî bĕhemtekā šĕgar ʾălāpêkā and ʿaštĕrôt ṣōʾnekā.

Grammar Details

*Bārûk*: passive participle, Qal, masculine singular - blessed
*pĕrî*: masculine singular construct - fruit of
*biṭnĕkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your womb/belly
*ʾadmātĕkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your ground/land
*bĕhemtekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your cattle/livestock
*šĕgar*: masculine singular construct - offspring/increase of
*ʾălāpêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your cattle/oxen
*ʿaštĕrôt*: feminine plural construct - young/offspring of
*ṣōʾnekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your flock/sheep

Word Meanings

*pĕrî*: fruit/produce/offspring
*biṭnĕkā*: your womb/body [refers to children]
*šĕgar*: offspring/young ones/increase
*ʿaštĕrôt*: young ones/offspring/increase [possibly connected to fertility]

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Referenced Verses

Deut 7:13 : 13 and 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.
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.
Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.
Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
Prov 20:7 : 7 A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.
1 Tim 4:8 : 8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
Deut 28:11 : 11 And 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.
Ps 107:38 : 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Ps 127:3 : 3 Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.
Ps 128:3 : 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.
Lev 26:9 : 9 And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
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;

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