Deuteronomy 31:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses spake in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֗ה בְּאָזְנֵי֙ כָּל־קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַשִּׁירָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את עַ֖ד תֻּמָּֽם׃

Transliteration

Wa-yĕdabbēr Mōšeh in-ʾoznê all-qĕhal Yiśrāʾēl ʾet-dibrê the-haššîrāh the-hazzōʾt until tummām.

Grammar Details

*wa*: consecutive conjunction
*yĕdabbēr*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he spoke
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*bĕʾoznê*: preposition with construct noun - in the ears of
*kol*: substantive - all of
*qĕhal*: construct masculine singular noun - assembly of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*dibrê*: masculine plural construct noun - words of
*haššîrāh*: definite article with feminine singular noun - the song
*hazzōʾt*: definite article with feminine singular demonstrative - this
*ʿad*: preposition - until
*tummām*: qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their completion

Word Meanings

*yĕdabbēr*: spoke/addressed/uttered
*qĕhal*: assembly/congregation/gathering
*dibrê*: words/matters/sayings
*haššîrāh*: song/poem/hymn
*tummām*: their completion/finishing/ending

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:5 : 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it.
John 12:49 : 49 For I {G2980} spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Acts 20:27 : 27 For I {G5288} shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.
Heb 3:2 : 2 who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.
Heb 3:5 : 5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Deut 32:44-46
3 verses
82%
44And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
45And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
46And he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.
Deut 31:21-22
2 verses
82%
21And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
22So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
Deut 31:24-25
2 verses
79%
24And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
25that Moses commanded the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying,
Deut 31:1
79%
1And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
Deut 31:19
77%
19Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
Deut 31:27-29
3 verses
76%
27For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death?
28Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
29For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Num 29:40
75%
40And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses.
Deut 34:7-8
2 verses
74%
7And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
8And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
Num 30:1
74%
1And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded.
Deut 33:1
74%
1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
Num 31:1
74%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Deut 29:1-2
2 verses
74%
1These are the words of the covenant which Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
2And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
Exod 34:27
73%
27And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
Exod 34:32
73%
32And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that Jehovah had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
Deut 31:14
73%
14And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
Deut 27:11
73%
11And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
Deut 27:1
72%
1And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
Num 33:50
72%
50And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Num 34:1
72%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Deut 31:9
72%
9And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders of Israel.
Exod 35:1
72%
1And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them, These are the words which Jehovah hath commanded, that ye should do them.
Deut 32:48
72%
48And Jehovah spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
Num 34:16
72%
16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Deut 5:1
72%
1And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.
Deut 1:3
72%
3And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;
Num 14:39
71%
39And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
Num 27:15
71%
15And Moses spake unto Jehovah, saying,
Deut 31:16
71%
16And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Num 26:3
70%
3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Deut 34:5
70%
5So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah.
Num 16:44
70%
44And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 24:13
70%
13And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Deut 1:5
70%
5Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Num 31:25
70%
25And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Deut 1:1
70%
1These are the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
Exod 31:1
70%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 30:11
70%
11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 16:23
70%
23And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,