Deuteronomy 28:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְצַ֨ו יְהוָ֤ה אִתְּךָ֙ אֶת־הַבְּרָכָ֔ה בַּאֲסָמֶ֕יךָ וּבְכֹ֖ל מִשְׁלַ֣ח יָדֶ֑ךָ וּבֵ֣רַכְךָ֔ בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

Yĕṣaw YHWH with ʾittĕkā ʾet-the bĕrākāh in ʾăsāmêkā and in all mišlaḥ yādekā and he will bērakĕkā in the ʾāreṣ which-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā nōtēn to lāk.

Grammar Details

*Yĕṣaw*: imperfect, Piel, 3rd masculine singular - he will command
*YHWH*: proper name - the LORD
*ʾittĕkā*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - with you
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*bĕrākāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the blessing
*ʾăsāmêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your storehouses
*mišlaḥ*: masculine singular construct - undertaking/enterprise of
*yādekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hand
*bērakĕkā*: perfect, consecutive, Piel, 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and he will bless you
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the land
*nōtēn*: participle, Qal, masculine singular - giving
*lāk*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you

Word Meanings

*Yĕṣaw*: command/order/decree
*ʾăsāmêkā*: your storehouses/barns/granaries
*mišlaḥ yādekā*: undertaking of your hand/all you put your hand to/all your enterprises

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 15:10 : 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Lev 25:21 : 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
Lev 26:4-5 : 4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Lev 26:10 : 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
Ps 133:3 : 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Mal 3:10-11 : 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
Luke 12:18 : 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
Luke 12:24-25 : 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
Matt 6:26 : 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Matt 13:30 : 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Hag 2:19 : 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
Ps 144:13 : 13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
2 Kgs 6:27 : 27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
Ps 42:8 : 8 Yet the LORD will command{H8762)} his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Ps 44:4 : 4 Thou art my King, O God: command{H8761)} deliverances for Jacob.

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