Deuteronomy 32:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַרְכִּבֵ֙הוּ֙ עַל־*במותי **בָּ֣מֳתֵי אָ֔רֶץ וַיֹּאכַ֖ל תְּנוּבֹ֣ת שָׂדָ֑י וַיֵּנִקֵ֤הֽוּ דְבַשׁ֙ מִסֶּ֔לַע וְשֶׁ֖מֶן מֵחַלְמִ֥ישׁ צֽוּר׃

Transliteration

yarkîḇēhû ʿal-bāmŏṯê ʾāreṣ wayyōʾḵal tənûḇōṯ śādāy wayyēniqēhû dəḇaš misselaʿ wəšemen mēḥalmîš ṣûr

Grammar Details

*yarkîḇēhû*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he made him ride
*ʿal*: preposition - on/upon
*bāmŏṯê*: feminine plural construct noun - heights of
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land
*wayyōʾḵal*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he ate
*tənûḇōṯ*: feminine plural construct noun - produce of
*śādāy*: masculine singular noun - field
*wayyēniqēhû*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he made him suck
*dəḇaš*: masculine singular noun - honey
*misselaʿ*: preposition + masculine singular noun - from rock
*wəšemen*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and oil
*mēḥalmîš*: preposition + masculine singular construct noun - from flinty
*ṣûr*: masculine singular noun - rock

Word Meanings

*yarkîḇēhû*: he made him ride/he caused him to mount/he set him
*bāmŏṯê*: heights/high places/elevated places
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground/territory
*tənûḇōṯ*: produce/yield/fruit
*śādāy*: field/countryside/open land
*wayyēniqēhû*: and he made him suck/and he caused him to draw/and he nursed him with
*dəḇaš*: honey/sweet substance
*selaʿ*: rock/cliff/crag
*šemen*: oil/fat/richness
*ḥalmîš*: flinty/hard rock/flint
*ṣûr*: rock/cliff/boulder

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Referenced Verses

Job 29:6 : 6 When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!
Isa 58:14 : 14 then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah; and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the earth; and I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
Ps 81:16 : 16 He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.
Ezek 36:2 : 2 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession;
Ezek 21:17 : 17 I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
Isa 48:21 : 21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
Deut 33:26 : 26 There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies.
Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

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