Deuteronomy 32:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זְכֹר֙ יְמ֣וֹת עוֹלָ֔ם בִּ֖ינוּ שְׁנ֣וֹת דּוֹר־וָד֑וֹר שְׁאַ֤ל אָבִ֙יךָ֙ וְיַגֵּ֔דְךָ זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ וְיֹ֥אמְרוּ לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

zəḵōr yəmôṯ ʿôlām bînû šənôṯ dôr-wādôr šəʾal ʾābîḵā wəyaggēdəḵā zəqēneḵā wəyōʾmərû lāḵ

Grammar Details

*zəḵōr*: Qal imperative masculine singular - remember
*yəmôṯ*: masculine plural construct noun - days of
*ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun - eternity/long time
*bînû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - consider/understand
*šənôṯ*: feminine plural construct noun - years of
*dôr*-*wādôr*: masculine singular noun + conjunction + masculine singular noun - generation and generation
*šəʾal*: Qal imperative masculine singular - ask
*ʾābîḵā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your father
*wəyaggēdəḵā*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and he will tell you
*zəqēneḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your elders
*wəyōʾmərû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they will say
*lāḵ*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you

Word Meanings

*zəḵōr*: remember/recall/call to mind
*yəmôṯ*: days/times
*ʿôlām*: eternity/antiquity/long duration/ancient times
*bînû*: consider/understand/discern
*šənôṯ*: years/periods
*dôr-wādôr*: generation to generation/each generation
*šəʾal*: ask/inquire/request
*wəyaggēdəḵā*: and he will tell you/and he will declare to you/and he will inform you
*zəqēneḵā*: your elders/your old men/your ancestors

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Referenced Verses

Ps 44:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} for the sons of Korah, Maschil{H8688)}. We have heard{H8804)} with our ears, O God, our fathers have told{H8765)} us, what work thou didst{H8804)} in their days, in the times of old.
Ps 78:3-4 : 3 Which we have heard{H8804)} and known{H8799)}, and our fathers have told{H8765)} us. 4 We will not hide{H8762)} them from their children, shewing{H8764)} to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works{H8737)} that he hath done{H8804)}.
Ps 119:52 : 52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
Isa 46:9 : 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isa 63:11 : 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
Exod 13:14 : 14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
Deut 4:32 : 32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
Job 8:8-9 : 8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Ps 77:5-6 : 5 I have considered{H8765)} the days of old, the years of ancient times. 6 I call to remembrance{H8799)} my song in the night: I commune{H8799)} with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search{H8762)}.
Ps 77:11-12 : 11 I will remember {H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)} the works of the LORD: surely I will remember{H8799)} thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate{H8804)} also of all thy work, and talk{H8799)} of thy doings.
Ps 77:8 : 8 Is his mercy clean gone{H8804)} for ever? doth his promise fail{H8804)} for evermore?
Ps 10:6 : 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
Judg 6:13 : 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

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