Deuteronomy 8:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פֶּן־תֹּאכַ֖ל וְשָׂבָ֑עְתָּ וּבָתִּ֥ים טוֹבִ֛ים תִּבְנֶ֖ה וְיָשָֽׁבְתָּ׃

Transliteration

Lest-tōʾkal and-śābāʿtā and-bāttîm ṭôbîm tibneh and-yāšābtā.

Grammar Details

*tōʾkal*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you eat
*śābāʿtā*: Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you are satisfied
*bāttîm*: masculine plural noun - houses
*ṭôbîm*: masculine plural adjective - good
*tibneh*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you build
*yāšābtā*: Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you dwell

Word Meanings

*tōʾkal*: you eat/consume
*śābāʿtā*: you are satisfied/are full
*bāttîm*: houses/dwellings
*ṭôbîm*: good/pleasant/fine/beautiful
*tibneh*: you build/construct
*yāšābtā*: you dwell/settle/inhabit/sit

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Deut 28:47 : 47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deut 31:20 : 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Eccl 2:4 : 4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
Jer 22:14-15 : 14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
Ezek 11:3 : 3 Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Hos 13:5-6 : 5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Amos 5:11 : 11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Hag 1:4 : 4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
Luke 17:28 : 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

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