Deuteronomy 28:41

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּנִ֥ים וּבָנ֖וֹת תּוֹלִ֑יד וְלֹא־יִהְי֣וּ לָ֔ךְ כִּ֥י יֵלְכ֖וּ בַּשֶּֽׁבִי׃

Transliteration

Bānîm û-bānôt tôlîd wə-not-yihyû to-lāk because yēləkû in-the-šebî.

Grammar Details

*Bānîm*: masculine plural noun - 'sons'
*û*: conjunction - 'and'
*bānôt*: feminine plural noun - 'daughters'
*tôlîd*: imperfect Hiphil 2nd masculine singular - 'you will beget'
*wə*: conjunction - 'but/and'
*yihyû*: imperfect Qal 3rd masculine plural - 'they will be'
*lāk*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'to you'
*yēləkû*: imperfect Qal 3rd masculine plural - 'they will go'
*šebî*: masculine singular noun with definite article - 'captivity'

Word Meanings

*Bānîm*: sons/children/descendants
*bānôt*: daughters
*tôlîd*: beget/bring forth/bear
*yēləkû*: go/walk/depart
*šebî*: captivity/exile

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 28:32 : 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people; and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.
Lam 1:5 : 5 Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; For Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
2 Kgs 24:14 : 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

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