Deuteronomy 32:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַרְכִּבֵ֙הוּ֙ עַל־*במותי **בָּ֣מֳתֵי אָ֔רֶץ וַיֹּאכַ֖ל תְּנוּבֹ֣ת שָׂדָ֑י וַיֵּנִקֵ֤הֽוּ דְבַשׁ֙ מִסֶּ֔לַע וְשֶׁ֖מֶן מֵחַלְמִ֥ישׁ צֽוּר׃

Transliteration

yarkîḇēhû ʿal-bāmŏṯê ʾāreṣ wayyōʾḵal tənûḇōṯ śādāy wayyēniqēhû dəḇaš misselaʿ wəšemen mēḥalmîš ṣûr

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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Referenced Verses

Job 29:6 : 6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
Isa 58:14 : 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Ps 81:16 : 16 He should have fed{H8686)} them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied{H8686)} thee.
Ezek 36:2 : 2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
Ezek 21:17 : 17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
Isa 48:21 : 21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
Deut 33:26 : 26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

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