Deuteronomy 32:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַעֲרֹ֤ף כַּמָּטָר֙ לִקְחִ֔י תִּזַּ֥ל כַּטַּ֖ל אִמְרָתִ֑י כִּשְׂעִירִ֣ם עֲלֵי־דֶ֔שֶׁא וְכִרְבִיבִ֖ים עֲלֵי־עֵֽשֶׂב׃

Transliteration

yaʿărōp̄ kammāṭār liqḥî tizzal kaṭṭal ʾimrāṯî kiśəʿîrim ʿălê-dešeʾ wəḵirbîbîm ʿălê-ʿēśeb

Grammar Details

*yaʿărōp̄*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - will drop/drip
*kammāṭār*: preposition *kə* with definite article + masculine singular noun - like the rain
*liqḥî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my teaching/instruction
*tizzal*: Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - will flow/distill
*kaṭṭal*: preposition *kə* with definite article + masculine singular noun - like the dew
*ʾimrāṯî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my speech/saying
*kiśəʿîrim*: preposition *kə* + masculine plural noun - like rain showers
*ʿălê*: preposition + construct - upon
*dešeʾ*: masculine singular noun - tender grass/vegetation
*wəḵirbîbîm*: waw conjunction + preposition *kə* + masculine plural noun - and like showers/drops
*ʿēśeb*: masculine singular noun - herb/grass/vegetation

Word Meanings

*yaʿărōp̄*: drop/drip/distill/flow down
*liqḥî*: my teaching/my doctrine/my instruction
*tizzal*: flow/distill/drop
*ʾimrāṯî*: my speech/my word/my saying
*śəʿîrim*: rain showers/small rain
*dešeʾ*: tender grass/new vegetation/green herb
*rəbîbîm*: copious showers/raindrops/abundant rain
*ʿēśeb*: herb/grass/plants

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Referenced Verses

Ps 72:6 : 6 He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
Isa 55:10-11 : 10 For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater; 11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
Job 29:22-23 : 22 After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them. 23 And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
2 Sam 23:4 : 4 [ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, [even of] Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
1 Cor 3:6-8 : 6 I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
Hos 6:4 : 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.
Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Heb 6:7 : 7 For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them {G2532} for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God:

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