Deuteronomy 6:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֞ה כִּ֥י יְבִיאֲךָ֣ ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אֶל־הָאָ֜רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִשְׁבַּ֧ע לַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם לְיִצְחָ֥ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖ב לָ֣תֶת לָ֑ךְ עָרִ֛ים גְּדֹלֹ֥ת וְטֹבֹ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־בָנִֽיתָ

Transliteration

And wĕhāyāh when yĕbîʾăkā YHWH ʾĕlōhêka unto-the hāʾāreṣ which nišbaʿ to-laʾăbōtêka to-lĕʾabrāhām to-lĕyiṣḥāq and-to-ûlĕyaʿăqōb to lātet to-you ʿārîm gĕdōlōt and-wĕṭōbōt which not-bānîtā

Grammar Details

*wĕ-hāyāh*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it shall be
*kî*: conjunction - when/if
*yĕbîʾăkā*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will bring you
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhêka*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*ʾel*: preposition - to/into
*hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the land
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*nišbaʿ*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he swore
*la-ʾăbōtêka*: preposition + masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to your fathers
*lĕ-ʾabrāhām*: preposition + proper noun - to Abraham
*lĕ-yiṣḥāq*: preposition + proper noun - to Isaac
*û-lĕ-yaʿăqōb*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and to Jacob
*lātet*: Qal infinitive construct - to give
*lāk*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*ʿārîm*: feminine plural noun - cities
*gĕdōlōt*: feminine plural adjective - large/great
*wĕ-ṭōbōt*: conjunction + feminine plural adjective - and good
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*bānîtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you built

Word Meanings

*hāyāh*: be/happen/become
*yĕbîʾăkā*: bring you/lead you in/cause you to enter
*nišbaʿ*: swore/took an oath/promised
*lātet*: to give/grant/bestow
*ʿārîm*: cities/towns
*gĕdōlōt*: great/large/important
*ṭōbōt*: good/pleasant/agreeable
*bānîtā*: you built/constructed/established

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Referenced Verses

Josh 24:13 : 13 And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not labored, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell therein; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
Ps 105:44 : 44 And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession:
Neh 9:25 : 25 And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit - trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Ps 78:55 : 55 He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Gen 13:15-17 : 15 for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.
Gen 15:18 : 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:
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;
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;

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