Deuteronomy 28:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּר֧וּךְ פְּרִֽי־בִטְנְךָ֛ וּפְרִ֥י אַדְמָתְךָ֖ וּפְרִ֣י בְהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָ שְׁגַ֥ר אֲלָפֶ֖יךָ וְעַשְׁתְּר֥וֹת צֹאנֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

Bārûk pĕrî-biṭnĕkā and pĕrî ʾadmātĕkā and pĕrî bĕhemtekā šĕgar ʾălāpêkā and ʿaštĕrôt ṣōʾnekā.

Grammar Details

*Bārûk*: passive participle, Qal, masculine singular - blessed
*pĕrî*: masculine singular construct - fruit of
*biṭnĕkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your womb/belly
*ʾadmātĕkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your ground/land
*bĕhemtekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your cattle/livestock
*šĕgar*: masculine singular construct - offspring/increase of
*ʾălāpêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your cattle/oxen
*ʿaštĕrôt*: feminine plural construct - young/offspring of
*ṣōʾnekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your flock/sheep

Word Meanings

*pĕrî*: fruit/produce/offspring
*biṭnĕkā*: your womb/body [refers to children]
*šĕgar*: offspring/young ones/increase
*ʿaštĕrôt*: young ones/offspring/increase [possibly connected to fertility]

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Referenced Verses

Deut 7:13 : 13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Gen 49:25 : 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Prov 20:7 : 7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable{(G5624)} unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Deut 28:11 : 11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Ps 107:38 : 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Ps 127:3 : 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Ps 128:3 : 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Lev 26:9 : 9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Gen 22:17 : 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

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