Deuteronomy 8:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹ֤א בְמִסְכֵּנֻת֙ תֹּֽאכַל־בָּ֣הּ לֶ֔חֶם לֹֽא־תֶחְסַ֥ר כֹּ֖ל בָּ֑הּ אֶ֚רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲבָנֶ֣יהָ בַרְזֶ֔ל וּמֵהֲרָרֶ֖יהָ תַּחְצֹ֥ב נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

Transliteration

ʾerets which not in-miskēnūt tōʾkal-in-it leḥem not-teḥsar all in-it ʾerets which ʾăbānêhā barzel and-from-hărārêhā taḥtsōb nəḥōšet.

Grammar Details

*ʾerets*: feminine singular noun - land
*miskēnūt*: feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition - in poverty/scarcity
*tōʾkal*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will eat
*leḥem*: masculine singular noun - bread
*teḥsar*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will lack
*ʾăbānêhā*: feminine plural noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its stones
*barzel*: masculine singular noun - iron
*hărārêhā*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix with prefixed preposition - from its mountains
*taḥtsōb*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will mine/hew
*nəḥōšet*: feminine singular noun - copper/bronze

Word Meanings

*miskēnūt*: poverty/scarcity/lack
*tōʾkal*: you will eat/consume
*leḥem*: bread/food/grain
*teḥsar*: you will lack/be in need of/be deficient in
*ʾăbānêhā*: its stones/rocks
*barzel*: iron
*hărārêhā*: its mountains/hills
*taḥtsōb*: you will mine/hew/dig out
*nəḥōšet*: copper/bronze

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 22:14 : 14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
Job 28:2 : 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Deut 33:25 : 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Josh 22:8 : 8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

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