Deuteronomy 33:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמֵרֹ֖אשׁ הַרְרֵי־קֶ֑דֶם וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד גִּבְע֥וֹת עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

And-from-rōʾš harərê-qedem and-from-meged gibʿôt ʿôlām

Grammar Details

*û-mē-rōʾš*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and from chief/best of
*harərê*: noun, masculine plural construct - mountains of
*qedem*: noun, masculine singular - east/ancient
*û-mi-meged*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and from choice produce of
*gibʿôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - hills of
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - eternity/antiquity

Word Meanings

*rōʾš*: head/top/summit/chief/best
*har*: mountain/hill
*qedem*: east/ancient/ancient times
*gibʿâ*: hill/height
*ʿôlām*: eternal/everlasting/ancient/antiquity

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Hab 3:6 : 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
Gen 49:26 : 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Jas 5:7 : 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

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