Deut 32:8-9 : 8 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.32.8",
"source": "בְּהַנְחֵ֤ל עֶלְיוֹן֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם בְּהַפְרִיד֖וֹ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָ֑ם יַצֵּב֙ גְּבֻלֹ֣ת עַמִּ֔ים לְמִסְפַּ֖ר בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃",
"text": "*bəhanḥēl* *ʿelyôn* *gôyim* *bəhap̄rîdô* *bənê* *ʾādām* *yaṣṣēḇ* *gəḇulōṯ* *ʿammîm* *ləmispar* *bənê* *yiśrāʾēl*",
"grammar": {
"*bəhanḥēl*": "preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - when giving inheritance",
"*ʿelyôn*": "masculine singular adjective/noun - Most High",
"*gôyim*": "masculine plural noun - nations",
"*bəhap̄rîdô*": "preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - when he separated",
"*bənê*": "masculine plural construct noun - sons of",
"*ʾādām*": "masculine singular noun - man/Adam/humanity",
"*yaṣṣēḇ*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he established",
"*gəḇulōṯ*": "feminine plural construct noun - boundaries of",
"*ʿammîm*": "masculine plural noun - peoples",
"*ləmispar*": "preposition + masculine singular construct noun - according to number of",
"*bənê*": "masculine plural construct noun - sons of",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel"
},
"variants": {
"*bəhanḥēl*": "when giving inheritance/when allotting/when dividing",
"*ʿelyôn*": "Most High/Supreme/Highest (as divine name or title)",
"*gôyim*": "nations/peoples/gentiles",
"*bəhap̄rîdô*": "when he separated/when he divided/when he distinguished",
"*bənê ʾādām*": "sons of Adam/humankind/humanity",
"*yaṣṣēḇ*": "he established/he set/he fixed",
"*gəḇulōṯ*": "boundaries/borders/territories",
"*ʿammîm*": "peoples/nations/tribes",
"*ləmispar*": "according to number/according to count"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.32.9",
"source": "כִּ֛י חֵ֥לֶק יְהֹוָ֖ה עַמּ֑וֹ יַעֲקֹ֖ב חֶ֥בֶל נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*kî* *ḥēleq* *YHWH* *ʿammô* *yaʿăqōḇ* *ḥeḇel* *naḥălāṯô*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*ḥēleq*": "masculine singular construct noun - portion of",
"*YHWH*": "proper name - LORD/Yahweh",
"*ʿammô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his people",
"*yaʿăqōḇ*": "proper noun - Jacob",
"*ḥeḇel*": "masculine singular construct noun - allotment/measuring line of",
"*naḥălāṯô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his inheritance"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥēleq*": "portion/share/territory",
"*ʿammô*": "his people/his nation/his folk",
"*ḥeḇel*": "allotment/measuring line/territory/lot",
"*naḥălāṯô*": "his inheritance/his heritage/his possession"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.32.10",
"source": "יִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִדְבָּ֔ר וּבְתֹ֖הוּ יְלֵ֣ל יְשִׁמֹ֑ן יְסֹֽבְבֶ֙נְהוּ֙ יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּ יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּ כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן עֵינֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*yimṣāʾēhû* *bəʾereṣ* *midbār* *ûḇəṯōhû* *yəlēl* *yəšimōn* *yəsōḇəḇenhû* *yəḇônənēhû* *yiṣṣərenhû* *kəʾîšôn* *ʿênô*",
"grammar": {
"*yimṣāʾēhû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he found him",
"*bəʾereṣ*": "preposition + feminine singular construct noun - in land of",
"*midbār*": "masculine singular noun - wilderness/desert",
"*ûḇəṯōhû*": "conjunction + preposition + masculine singular noun - and in emptiness/waste",
"*yəlēl*": "masculine singular noun - howling",
"*yəšimōn*": "masculine singular noun - desert/wilderness",
"*yəsōḇəḇenhû*": "Polel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he encircled him",
"*yəḇônənēhû*": "Polel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he instructed him",
"*yiṣṣərenhû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he kept him",
"*kəʾîšôn*": "preposition + masculine singular construct noun - as pupil of",
"*ʿênô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his eye"
},
"variants": {
"*yimṣāʾēhû*": "he found him/he discovered him/he came upon him",
"*midbār*": "wilderness/desert/uninhabited land",
"*tōhû*": "emptiness/wasteland/formlessness/chaos",
"*yəlēl*": "howling/wailing/wilderness",
"*yəšimōn*": "desert/wilderness/wasteland",
"*yəsōḇəḇenhû*": "he encircled him/he surrounded him/he protected him",
"*yəḇônənēhû*": "he instructed him/he cared for him/he gave him understanding",
"*yiṣṣərenhû*": "he kept him/he guarded him/he preserved him",
"*ʾîšôn ʿênô*": "pupil of his eye/apple of his eye"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.32.11",
"source": "כְּנֶ֙שֶׁר֙ יָעִ֣יר קִנּ֔וֹ עַל־גּוֹזָלָ֖יו יְרַחֵ֑ף יִפְרֹ֤שׂ כְּנָפָיו֙ יִקָּחֵ֔הוּ יִשָּׂאֵ֖הוּ עַל־אֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*kənešer* *yāʿîr* *qinnô* *ʿal*-*gôzālāyw* *yəraḥēp̄* *yip̄rōś* *kənāp̄āyw* *yiqqāḥēhû* *yiśśāʾēhû* *ʿal*-*ʾeḇrāṯô*",
"grammar": {
"*kənešer*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - like an eagle",
"*yāʿîr*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he stirs up",
"*qinnô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his nest",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - over",
"*gôzālāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his young",
"*yəraḥēp̄*": "Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he hovers",
"*yip̄rōś*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he spreads out",
"*kənāp̄āyw*": "feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wings",
"*yiqqāḥēhû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he takes him",
"*yiśśāʾēhû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he carries him",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - on",
"*ʾeḇrāṯô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pinion"
},
"variants": {
"*nešer*": "eagle/vulture/great bird of prey",
"*yāʿîr*": "stirs up/rouses/awakens",
"*qinnô*": "his nest/his dwelling place",
"*gôzālāyw*": "his young/his nestlings/his offspring",
"*yəraḥēp̄*": "hovers/flutters/broods",
"*yip̄rōś*": "spreads out/expands/stretches",
"*kənāp̄āyw*": "his wings/his extremities",
"*yiqqāḥēhû*": "takes him/receives him/accepts him",
"*yiśśāʾēhû*": "carries him/bears him/lifts him",
"*ʾeḇrāṯô*": "his pinion/his wing/his feather"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.32.12",
"source": "יְהוָ֖ה בָּדָ֣ד יַנְחֶ֑נּוּ וְאֵ֥ין עִמּ֖וֹ אֵ֥ל נֵכָֽר׃",
"text": "*YHWH* *bādād* *yanḥennû* *wəʾên* *ʿimmô* *ʾēl* *nēḵār*",
"grammar": {
"*YHWH*": "proper name - LORD/Yahweh",
"*bādād*": "masculine singular adverb - alone",
"*yanḥennû*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he led him",
"*wəʾên*": "conjunction + particle of negation - and there was no",
"*ʿimmô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with him",
"*ʾēl*": "masculine singular noun - god",
"*nēḵār*": "masculine singular noun - foreign/strange"
},
"variants": {
"*bādād*": "alone/isolated/by himself",
"*yanḥennû*": "he led him/he guided him/he directed him",
"*ʿimmô*": "with him/alongside him",
"*ʾēl nēḵār*": "foreign god/strange deity/alien god"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.32.13",
"source": "יַרְכִּבֵ֙הוּ֙ עַל־*במותי **בָּ֣מֳתֵי אָ֔רֶץ וַיֹּאכַ֖ל תְּנוּבֹ֣ת שָׂדָ֑י וַיֵּנִקֵ֤הֽוּ דְבַשׁ֙ מִסֶּ֔לַע וְשֶׁ֖מֶן מֵחַלְמִ֥ישׁ צֽוּר׃",
"text": "*yarkîḇēhû* *ʿal*-*bāmŏṯê* *ʾāreṣ* *wayyōʾḵal* *tənûḇōṯ* *śādāy* *wayyēniqēhû* *dəḇaš* *misselaʿ* *wəšemen* *mēḥalmîš* *ṣûr*",
"grammar": {
"*yarkîḇēhû*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he made him ride",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - on/upon",
"*bāmŏṯê*": "feminine plural construct noun - heights of",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun - earth/land",
"*wayyōʾḵal*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he ate",
"*tənûḇōṯ*": "feminine plural construct noun - produce of",
"*śādāy*": "masculine singular noun - field",
"*wayyēniqēhû*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he made him suck",
"*dəḇaš*": "masculine singular noun - honey",
"*misselaʿ*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - from rock",
"*wəšemen*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - and oil",
"*mēḥalmîš*": "preposition + masculine singular construct noun - from flinty",
"*ṣûr*": "masculine singular noun - rock"
},
"variants": {
"*yarkîḇēhû*": "he made him ride/he caused him to mount/he set him",
"*bāmŏṯê*": "heights/high places/elevated places",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground/territory",
"*tənûḇōṯ*": "produce/yield/fruit",
"*śādāy*": "field/countryside/open land",
"*wayyēniqēhû*": "and he made him suck/and he caused him to draw/and he nursed him with",
"*dəḇaš*": "honey/sweet substance",
"*selaʿ*": "rock/cliff/crag",
"*šemen*": "oil/fat/richness",
"*ḥalmîš*": "flinty/hard rock/flint",
"*ṣûr*": "rock/cliff/boulder"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.32.14",
"source": "חֶמְאַ֨ת בָּקָ֜ר וַחֲלֵ֣ב צֹ֗אן עִם־חֵ֨לֶב כָּרִ֜ים וְאֵילִ֤ים בְּנֵֽי־בָשָׁן֙ וְעַתּוּדִ֔ים עִם־חֵ֖לֶב כִּלְי֣וֹת חִטָּ֑ה וְדַם־עֵנָ֖ב תִּשְׁתֶּה־חָֽמֶר׃",
"text": "*ḥemʾaṯ* *bāqār* *waḥălēḇ* *ṣōʾn* *ʿim*-*ḥēleḇ* *kārîm* *wəʾêlîm* *bənê*-*ḇāšān* *wəʿattûdîm* *ʿim*-*ḥēleḇ* *kilyôṯ* *ḥiṭṭâ* *wədam*-*ʿēnāḇ* *tištê*-*ḥāmer*",
"grammar": {
"*ḥemʾaṯ*": "feminine singular construct noun - butter/curds of",
"*bāqār*": "masculine singular noun - cattle/herd",
"*waḥălēḇ*": "conjunction + masculine singular construct noun - and milk of",
"*ṣōʾn*": "feminine singular noun - flock/sheep",
"*ʿim*": "preposition - with",
"*ḥēleḇ*": "masculine singular construct noun - fat of",
"*kārîm*": "masculine plural noun - lambs/rams",
"*wəʾêlîm*": "conjunction + masculine plural noun - and rams",
"*bənê*": "masculine plural construct noun - sons of",
"*ḇāšān*": "proper noun - Bashan",
"*wəʿattûdîm*": "conjunction + masculine plural noun - and he-goats",
"*ʿim*": "preposition - with",
"*ḥēleḇ*": "masculine singular construct noun - fat of",
"*kilyôṯ*": "feminine plural construct noun - kidneys of",
"*ḥiṭṭâ*": "feminine singular noun - wheat",
"*wədam*": "conjunction + masculine singular construct noun - and blood of",
"*ʿēnāḇ*": "masculine singular noun - grape",
"*tištê*": "Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you drank",
"*ḥāmer*": "masculine singular noun - wine/fermented drink"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥemʾaṯ*": "butter/curds/cream",
"*bāqār*": "cattle/herd/oxen",
"*ḥălēḇ*": "milk/dairy",
"*ṣōʾn*": "flock/sheep/goats",
"*ḥēleḇ*": "fat/finest part/best",
"*kārîm*": "lambs/young rams",
"*ʾêlîm*": "rams/male sheep",
"*bənê-ḇāšān*": "sons of Bashan/Bashan breed (of premium quality)",
"*ʿattûdîm*": "he-goats/male goats/leaders",
"*kilyôṯ*": "kidneys/inner parts/seat of emotion",
"*ḥiṭṭâ*": "wheat/grain",
"*dam-ʿēnāḇ*": "blood of grapes/grape juice/wine",
"*ḥāmer*": "wine/fermented drink/foaming wine"
}
}