Deuteronomy 33:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁכֹּן֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל בֶּ֤טַח בָּדָד֙ עֵ֣ין יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ דָּגָ֣ן וְתִיר֑וֹשׁ אַף־שָׁמָ֖יו יַֽעַרְפוּ טָֽל׃

Transliteration

And-wayyiškōn Yiśrāʾēl beṭaḥ bādād ʿên Yaʿăqōb to-ʾereṣ dāgān and-tîrôš also-šāmâw yaʿarpû ṭāl

Grammar Details

*wa-yiškōn*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he dwells
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*beṭaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - security/safety
*bādād*: adverb - alone/separately
*ʿên*: noun, masculine singular construct - fountain/eye of
*Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
*ʾel-ʾereṣ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - to land of
*dāgān*: noun, masculine singular - grain/corn
*wə-tîrôš*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and new wine
*ʾap-šāmâw*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - also his heavens
*yaʿarpû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they drop
*ṭāl*: noun, masculine singular - dew

Word Meanings

*šākan*: dwell/abide/settle
*beṭaḥ*: safety/security/confidence
*bādād*: alone/isolated/separated
*ʿayin*: spring/fountain/eye
*dāgān*: grain/corn
*tîrôš*: new wine/fresh wine/must
*ʿārap*: drip/drop/distill

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Referenced Verses

Num 23:9 : 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Gen 27:28 : 28 And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine:
Jer 23:6 : 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.
Isa 48:1 : 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
Deut 33:13 : 13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,
Ps 68:26 : 26 Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, [ye that are] of the fountain of Israel.
Prov 5:15-18 : 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. 16 Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets? 17 Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
Exod 33:16 : 16 For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?
Deut 8:7-8 : 7 For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; 8 a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive - trees and honey;
Deut 11:11 : 11 but the land, whither ye go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, [and] drinketh water of the rain of heaven,
Deut 32:2 : 2 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.
Jer 33:16 : 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is [the name] whereby she shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.
Ezek 34:25 : 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Rev 21:27 : 27 and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Rev 22:14-15 : 14 Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right [to come] to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. 15 {G1161} Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.

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