Deuteronomy 33:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that crouches beneath,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּלְיוֹסֵ֣ף אָמַ֔ר מְבֹרֶ֥כֶת יְהֹוָ֖ה אַרְצ֑וֹ מִמֶּ֤גֶד שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִטָּ֔ל וּמִתְּה֖וֹם רֹבֶ֥צֶת תָּֽחַת׃

Transliteration

And-to-Yôsēp ʾāmar məbōreket YHWH ʾarṣ-his from-meged šāmayim from-ṭāl and-from-təhôm rōbeṣet tāḥat

Grammar Details

• *û-lə-Yôsēp*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and to/for Joseph
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *məbōreket*: pual participle, feminine singular construct - blessed of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾarṣô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his land
• *mi-meged*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from choice gifts of
• *šāmayim*: noun, masculine plural - heavens
• *mi-ṭāl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from dew
• *û-mi-təhôm*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular - and from deep
• *rōbeṣet*: qal participle, feminine singular - lying
• *tāḥat*: preposition - beneath

Word Meanings

• *meged*: choice things/precious things/excellence
• *ṭāl*: dew/mist
• *təhôm*: deep/depth/abyss/primeval waters
• *rōbeṣet*: lying/crouching/stretching out

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Of Joseph he said: 'May his land be blessed by the Lord with the choicest gifts of heaven, with the dew and the waters lying beneath.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the w, and for the ep that coucheth beneath,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And vnto Ioseph he sayed: blessed of the Lorde is his londe with the goodly frutes off heauen, with dewe and with sprynges that lye beneth:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And to Ioseph he sayde: His londe lieth in the blessynge of the LORDE, there are noble frutes of heauen, of the dew, and of the depe that lyeth beneth:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And of Ioseph hee sayde, Blessed of the Lord is his land for the sweetenesse of heauen, for the dewe, and for the depth lying beneath,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And of Ioseph he sayde: Blessed of the Lorde is his lande for the fruites of heauen, through the deawe & springes that lye beneath,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD [be] his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Of Joseph he said, Blessed of Yahweh be his land, For the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, For the deep that couches beneath,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And of Joseph he said: -- Blessed of Jehovah `is' his land, By precious things of the heavens, By dew, and by the deep crouching beneath,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And of Joseph he said, Let the blessing of the Lord be on his land; for the good things of heaven on high, and the deep waters flowing under the earth,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Of Joseph he said, "His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Blessing on Joseph Of Joseph he said: May the LORD bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath;

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:22-26 : 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall. 23 The archers have severely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him. 24 But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel.) 25 By the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. 26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors to the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
• Deut 32:2 : 2 My teaching shall drop as the rain, my words shall distill as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
• Job 29:19 : 19 My root spread out to the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch.
• Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth.
• Prov 3:20 : 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
• Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.
• Isa 18:4 : 4 For so the LORD said to me, I will take my rest, and I will observe in my dwelling place like a clear heat on herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
• Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and strike his roots as Lebanon.
• Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people like dew from the LORD, like showers upon the grass that do not wait for man nor wait for the sons of men.
• Zech 8:12 : 12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
• Gen 27:28-29 : 28 Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine: 29 Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you: cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be he who blesses you.
• Gen 48:5 : 5 And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
• Gen 48:9 : 9 And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray you, to me, and I will bless them.
• Gen 48:15-20 : 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. 18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.