Deuteronomy 2:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֹ֣כֶל תִּשְׁבְּר֧וּ מֵֽאִתָּ֛ם בַּכֶּ֖סֶף וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֑ם וְגַם־מַ֜יִם תִּכְר֧וּ מֵאִתָּ֛ם בַּכֶּ֖סֶף וּשְׁתִיתֶֽם׃

Transliteration

ʾōkel tišberū from them in the kesep and waʾăkaltem and also-mayim tikrū from them in the kesep and ūšetîtem

Grammar Details

*ʾōkel*: noun masculine singular - food
*tišberū*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall buy/purchase
*kesep*: noun masculine singular - money/silver
*waʾăkaltem*: waw consecutive + qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall eat
*mayim*: noun masculine plural - water
*tikrū*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall buy/dig
*ūšetîtem*: waw conjunctive + qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall drink

Word Meanings

*ʾōkel*: food/bread/meal
*tišberū*: buy/purchase/acquire (literally: break, e.g., break off silver)
*kesep*: silver/money/payment
*waʾăkaltem*: you will eat/consume/ingest
*mayim*: water/waters
*tikrū*: buy/dig/purchase
*ūšetîtem*: you will drink/imbibe

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Referenced Verses

Num 20:19 : 19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
Deut 2:28-29 : 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; 29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
Matt 7:12 : 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Rom 12:17 : 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
2 Thess 3:7-8 : 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

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