Deuteronomy 32:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּהַנְחֵ֤ל עֶלְיוֹן֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם בְּהַפְרִיד֖וֹ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָ֑ם יַצֵּב֙ גְּבֻלֹ֣ת עַמִּ֔ים לְמִסְפַּ֖ר בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

bəhanḥēl ʿelyôn gôyim bəhap̄rîdô bənê ʾādām yaṣṣēḇ gəḇulōṯ ʿammîm ləmispar bənê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*bəhanḥēl*: preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - when giving inheritance
*ʿelyôn*: masculine singular adjective/noun - Most High
*gôyim*: masculine plural noun - nations
*bəhap̄rîdô*: preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - when he separated
*bənê*: masculine plural construct noun - sons of
*ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - man/Adam/humanity
*yaṣṣēḇ*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he established
*gəḇulōṯ*: feminine plural construct noun - boundaries of
*ʿammîm*: masculine plural noun - peoples
*ləmispar*: preposition + masculine singular construct noun - according to number of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*bəhanḥēl*: when giving inheritance/when allotting/when dividing
*ʿelyôn*: Most High/Supreme/Highest (as divine name or title)
*gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles
*bəhap̄rîdô*: when he separated/when he divided/when he distinguished
*bənê ʾādām*: sons of Adam/humankind/humanity
*yaṣṣēḇ*: he established/he set/he fixed
*gəḇulōṯ*: boundaries/borders/territories
*ʿammîm*: peoples/nations/tribes
*ləmispar*: according to number/according to count

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Referenced Verses

Acts 17:26 : 26 and he made of one {G129} every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;
Gen 10:15 : 15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
Gen 10:25 : 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Gen 11:8-9 : 8 So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Gen 15:18-21 : 18 In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, 20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, 21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
Num 24:16 : 16 He saith, who heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:
Ps 7:17 : 17 I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.
Ps 50:14 : 14 Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High:
Ps 82:6 : 6 I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.
Ps 91:1 : 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Ps 92:8 : 8 But thou, O Jehovah, art on high for evermore.
Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Isa 14:14 : 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.
Dan 4:17 : 17 The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.
Dan 5:18 : 18 O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
Acts 7:48 : 48 Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] made with hands; as saith the prophet,

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