Deuteronomy 33:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמֵרֹ֖אשׁ הַרְרֵי־קֶ֑דֶם וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד גִּבְע֥וֹת עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

And-from-rōʾš harərê-qedem and-from-meged gibʿôt ʿôlām

Grammar Details

*û-mē-rōʾš*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and from chief/best of
*harərê*: noun, masculine plural construct - mountains of
*qedem*: noun, masculine singular - east/ancient
*û-mi-meged*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and from choice produce of
*gibʿôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - hills of
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - eternity/antiquity

Word Meanings

*rōʾš*: head/top/summit/chief/best
*har*: mountain/hill
*qedem*: east/ancient/ancient times
*gibʿâ*: hill/height
*ʿôlām*: eternal/everlasting/ancient/antiquity

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Hab 3:6 : 6 He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.
Gen 49:26 : 26 The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Jas 5:7 : 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until {G302} it receive the early and latter rain.

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