Deuteronomy 8:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and [lest] thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ כֹּחִי֙ וְעֹ֣צֶם יָדִ֔י עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י אֶת־הַחַ֥יִל הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And-ʾāmartā in-lēbābekā kōḥî and-ʿōtsem yādî ʿāśāh for-me ʾet-the-ḥayil the-this.

Grammar Details

*ʾāmartā*: Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you might say
*lēbābekā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix with prefixed preposition - in your heart
*kōḥî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my power
*ʿōtsem*: masculine singular construct - might of
*yādî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my hand
*ʿāśāh*: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it made
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ḥayil*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the wealth/strength
*zeh*: masculine singular demonstrative pronoun with definite article - this

Word Meanings

*ʾāmartā*: you might say/think/speak
*lēbābekā*: your heart/mind/inner person
*kōḥî*: my power/strength/ability
*ʿōtsem*: might of/strength of/power of
*yādî*: my hand/power/control
*ʿāśāh*: made/produced/gained
*ḥayil*: wealth/strength/power/might/army/force

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Referenced Verses

Deut 9:4 : 4 Speak not thou in thy heart, after that Jehovah thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah hath brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah doth drive them out from before thee.
Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.
1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if {G2532} thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?
Deut 7:17 : 17 If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
Isa 10:8-9 : 8 For he saith, Are not my princes all of them kings? 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11 shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit [on thrones]: 14 and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.
Dan 4:30 : 30 The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
Hos 12:8 : 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

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