Deuteronomy 8:9

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{ "verseID": "Deuteronomy.8.9", "source": "אֶ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹ֤א בְמִסְכֵּנֻת֙ תֹּֽאכַל־בָּ֣הּ לֶ֔חֶם לֹֽא־תֶחְסַ֥ר כֹּ֖ל בָּ֑הּ אֶ֚רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲבָנֶ֣יהָ בַרְזֶ֔ל וּמֵהֲרָרֶ֖יהָ תַּחְצֹ֥ב נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃", "text": "*ʾerets* which not in-*miskēnūt* *tōʾkal*-in-it *leḥem* not-*teḥsar* all in-it *ʾerets* which *ʾăbānêhā* *barzel* and-from-*hărārêhā* *taḥtsōb* *nəḥōšet*.", "grammar": { "*ʾerets*": "feminine singular noun - land", "*miskēnūt*": "feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition - in poverty/scarcity", "*tōʾkal*": "Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will eat", "*leḥem*": "masculine singular noun - bread", "*teḥsar*": "Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will lack", "*ʾăbānêhā*": "feminine plural noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its stones", "*barzel*": "masculine singular noun - iron", "*hărārêhā*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix with prefixed preposition - from its mountains", "*taḥtsōb*": "Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will mine/hew", "*nəḥōšet*": "feminine singular noun - copper/bronze" }, "variants": { "*miskēnūt*": "poverty/scarcity/lack", "*tōʾkal*": "you will eat/consume", "*leḥem*": "bread/food/grain", "*teḥsar*": "you will lack/be in need of/be deficient in", "*ʾăbānêhā*": "its stones/rocks", "*barzel*": "iron", "*hărārêhā*": "its mountains/hills", "*taḥtsōb*": "you will mine/hew/dig out", "*nəḥōšet*": "copper/bronze" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹ֤א בְמִסְכֵּנֻת֙ תֹּֽאכַל־בָּ֣הּ לֶ֔חֶם לֹֽא־תֶחְסַ֥ר כֹּ֖ל בָּ֑הּ אֶ֚רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲבָנֶ֣יהָ בַרְזֶ֔ל וּמֵהֲרָרֶ֖יהָ תַּחְצֹ֥ב נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

Transliteration

ʾerets which not in-miskēnūt tōʾkal-in-it leḥem not-teḥsar all in-it ʾerets which ʾăbānêhā barzel and-from-hărārêhā taḥtsōb nəḥōšet.

Grammar Details

• *ʾerets*: feminine singular noun - land
• *miskēnūt*: feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition - in poverty/scarcity
• *tōʾkal*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will eat
• *leḥem*: masculine singular noun - bread
• *teḥsar*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will lack
• *ʾăbānêhā*: feminine plural noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its stones
• *barzel*: masculine singular noun - iron
• *hărārêhā*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix with prefixed preposition - from its mountains
• *taḥtsōb*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will mine/hew
• *nəḥōšet*: feminine singular noun - copper/bronze

Word Meanings

• *miskēnūt*: poverty/scarcity/lack
• *tōʾkal*: you will eat/consume
• *leḥem*: bread/food/grain
• *teḥsar*: you will lack/be in need of/be deficient in
• *ʾăbānêhā*: its stones/rocks
• *barzel*: iron
• *hărārêhā*: its mountains/hills
• *taḥtsōb*: you will mine/hew/dig out
• *nəḥōšet*: copper/bronze

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  A land where you will eat bread without scarcity—where you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can dig copper.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  A land where you shall eat bread without scarcity, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  a lande wherin thou shalt not eate bred in scarcenesse, and where thou shalt lacke nothinge, a londe whose stones are yerne, and out of whose hylles thou shalt dygge brasse.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  A londe where thou shalt not eate bred in scarcenes, and where thou shalt lacke nothinge: A lode where ye stones are yron, where thou shalt dygge brasse out of hilles:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  A land wherein thou shalt eate bread without scarcitie, neither shalt thou lacke any thing therein: a land whose stones are yron, and out of whose mountaines thou shalt digge brasse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  A lande wherin thou shalt eate bread without scarcenes, neither shalt thou lacke any thyng: a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hylles thou shalt digge brasse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread, thou dost not lack anything in it; a land whose stones `are' iron, and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Where there will be bread for you in full measure and you will be in need of nothing; a land where the very stones are iron and from whose hills you may get copper.

• World English Bible (2000)

  a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 22:14 : 14 { "verseID": "1 Chronicles.22.14", "source": "וְהִנֵּ֨ה בְעָנְיִ֜י הֲכִינ֣וֹתִי לְבֵית־יְהוָ֗ה זָהָ֞ב כִּכָּרִ֤ים מֵֽאָה־אֶ֙לֶף֙ וְכֶ֗סֶף אֶ֤לֶף אֲלָפִים֙ כִּכָּרִ֔ים וְלַנְּחֹ֤שֶׁת וְלַבַּרְזֶל֙ אֵ֣ין מִשְׁקָ֔ל כִּ֥י לָרֹ֖ב הָיָ֑ה וְעֵצִ֤ים וַאֲבָנִים֙ הֲכִינ֔וֹתִי וַעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם תּוֹסִֽיף׃", "text": "And behold in *bᵊʿonyî* *hăkînôtî* for house-of-*YHWH* *zāhāb* *kikkārîm* hundred-thousand and *kesep* thousand thousands *kikkārîm*, and for *nᵊḥōšet* and for *barzel* *ʾên* *mišqāl* because to abundance *hāyâ*; and *ʿēṣîm* and *ʾăbānîm* *hăkînôtî*, and upon them you shall add.", "grammar": { "*bᵊʿonyî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - in my affliction/poverty", "*hăkînôtî*": "hiphil perfect 1st common singular - I have prepared", "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh", "*zāhāb*": "noun, masculine singular - gold", "*kikkārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - talents", "*kesep*": "noun, masculine singular - silver", "*nᵊḥōšet*": "noun, feminine singular - bronze", "*barzel*": "noun, masculine singular - iron", "*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is no", "*mišqāl*": "noun, masculine singular - weight", "*hāyâ*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it was", "*ʿēṣîm*": "noun, masculine plural - wood/timber", "*ʾăbānîm*": "noun, feminine plural - stones" }, "variants": { "*bᵊʿonyî*": "in my affliction/in my poverty/despite my hardship", "*ʾên mišqāl*": "without weight/beyond weighing/immeasurable", "*lārōb hāyâ*": "it was abundant/it was in large quantity/there was so much" } }
• Job 28:2 : 2 { "verseID": "Job.28.2", "source": "בַּ֭רְזֶל מֵעָפָ֣ר יֻקָּ֑ח וְ֝אֶ֗בֶן יָצ֥וּק נְחוּשָֽׁה׃", "text": "*Barzel* from-*ʿāp̄ār* *yuqqāḥ* and-*ʾeḇen* *yāṣûq* *nəḥûšāh*", "grammar": { "*barzel*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - iron", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - dust/soil/earth", "*yuqqāḥ*": "verb, hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is taken", "*ʾeḇen*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct - stone", "*yāṣûq*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - pours out", "*nəḥûšāh*": "noun, feminine, singular, absolute - copper/bronze" }, "variants": { "*yuqqāḥ*": "is taken/extracted/obtained", "*yāṣûq*": "pours out/melts/smelts/is molten", "*nəḥûšāh*": "copper/bronze/brass" } }
• Deut 33:25 : 25 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.33.25", "source": "בַּרְזֶ֥ל וּנְחֹ֖שֶׁת מִנְעָלֶ֑יךָ וּכְיָמֶ֖יךָ דָּבְאֶֽךָ׃", "text": "*Barzel* and-*nəḥōšet* *minʿālêkā* and-like-*yāmêkā* *dobʾekā*", "grammar": { "*barzel*": "noun, masculine singular - iron", "*û-nəḥōšet*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and bronze", "*minʿālêkā*": "noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your bolts/bars", "*û-kə-yāmêkā*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and as your days", "*dobʾekā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your strength" }, "variants": { "*minʿāl*": "bar/bolt/sandal", "*dobeʾ*": "strength/security/rest" } }
• Josh 22:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Joshua.22.8", "source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם לֵאמֹ֗ר בִּנְכָסִ֨ים רַבִּ֜ים שׁ֤וּבוּ אֶל־אָֽהֳלֵיכֶם֙ וּבְמִקְנֶ֣ה רַב־מְאֹ֔ד בְּכֶ֨סֶף וּבְזָהָ֜ב וּבִנְחֹ֧שֶׁת וּבְבַרְזֶ֛ל וּבִשְׂלָמ֖וֹת הַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד חִלְק֥וּ שְׁלַל־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֖ם עִם־אֲחֵיכֶֽם׃", "text": "And-*ʾāmar* to-them saying, With-*nəkāsîm* many *šûbû* to-tents-your and-with-*miqneh* much-very with-*kesep* and-with-*zāhāb* and-with-*nəḥōšet* and-with-*barzel* and-with-*śəlāmôt* many very *ḥilqû* *šəlal*-enemies-your with-brothers-your", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾălêhem*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying", "*binkāsîm rabbîm*": "preposition + noun masculine plural + adjective masculine plural - with many possessions", "*šûbû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - return", "*ʾel-ʾohŏlêkem*": "preposition + noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - to your tents", "*ûbəmiqneh rab-məʾōd*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun + adjective-adverb - and with very much livestock", "*bəkesep*": "preposition + noun - with silver", "*ûbəzāhāb*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun - and with gold", "*ûbinḥōšet*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun - and with bronze", "*ûbəbarzel*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun - and with iron", "*ûbiśəlāmôt*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun - and with garments", "*harbēh məʾōd*": "adverb + adverb - very many", "*ḥilqû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - divide", "*šəlal-ʾōyəbêkem*": "construct + noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - spoil of your enemies", "*ʿim-ʾăḥêkem*": "preposition + noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - with your brothers" }, "variants": { "*nəkāsîm*": "possessions/property/goods", "*šûb*": "return/go back", "*miqneh*": "livestock/cattle/possessions", "*kesep*": "silver/money", "*zāhāb*": "gold", "*nəḥōšet*": "bronze/copper", "*barzel*": "iron", "*śimlâ*": "garment/clothing/cloak", "*ḥālaq*": "divide/share/apportion", "*šālal*": "spoil/plunder/booty" } }