Deuteronomy 34:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו זֹ֤את הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָ֨ם לְיִצְחָ֤ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְזַרְעֲךָ֖ אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה הֶרְאִיתִ֣יךָ בְעֵינֶ֔יךָ וְשָׁ֖מָּה לֹ֥א תַעֲבֹֽר׃

Transliteration

And wayyō'mer YHWH unto him, This is the 'āreṣ which nišba'tî to 'Abrāhām, to Yiṣḥāq, and to Ya'ăqōb lē'mōr, 'To zar'ăkā 'ettenennāh.' Her'îtîkā with eyes of you, but šāmmāh not ta'ăbōr

Grammar Details

*wayyō'mer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he said'
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*'āreṣ*: feminine singular with definite article - 'the land'
*nišba'tî*: Niphal perfect 1st singular - 'I swore/I have sworn'
*'Abrāhām*: proper noun - 'Abraham'
*Yiṣḥāq*: proper noun - 'Isaac'
*Ya'ăqōb*: proper noun - 'Jacob'
*lē'mōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - 'saying'
*zar'ăkā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'your seed/offspring'
*'ettenennāh*: Qal imperfect 1st singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - 'I will give it'
*Her'îtîkā*: Hiphil perfect 1st singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'I have caused you to see'
*šāmmāh*: adverb - 'there/thither'
*ta'ăbōr*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - 'you will cross/pass over'

Word Meanings

*'āreṣ*: land/territory/country/earth
*nišba'tî*: I swore/I took an oath
*zar'ăkā*: your seed/your offspring/your descendants
*'ettenennāh*: I will give it/I shall give it
*Her'îtîkā*: I have shown you/I have caused you to see
*šāmmāh*: there/thither/to there
*ta'ăbōr*: you will cross/pass over/traverse

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Referenced Verses

Gen 12:7 : 7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.
Gen 28:13 : 13 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Deut 32:52 : 52 For thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel.
Gen 26:3 : 3 sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Ps 105:9-9 : 9 [ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac, 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;
John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Num 20:12 : 12 And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.
Deut 3:26-27 : 26 But Jehovah was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 Get thee up unto the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Gen 13:15 : 15 for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
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.

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