Genesis 27:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and God doth give to thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיִֽתֶּן־לְךָ֙ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים מִטַּל֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּמִשְׁמַנֵּ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ וְרֹ֥ב דָּגָ֖ן וְתִירֹֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

And-wəyitten-to-you the-hāʾĕlōhîm from-miṭṭal the-haššāmayim and-from-ûmišmannê the-hāʾāreṣ and-wərōb dāgān and-wətîrōš

Grammar Details

• *wəyitten*: waw conjunctive + Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - and may he give
• *hāʾĕlōhîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the God
• *miṭṭal*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from dew of
• *haššāmayim*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the heavens
• *ûmišmannê*: waw conjunctive + preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - and from fatness/richness of
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth
• *wərōb*: waw conjunctive + noun, masculine singular construct - and abundance of
• *dāgān*: noun, masculine singular - grain/corn
• *wətîrōš*: waw conjunctive + noun, masculine singular - and new wine

Word Meanings

• *wəyitten*: may he give/let him give
• *miṭṭal*: from dew/moisture
• *mišmannê*: from fatness/richness/fertility
• *rōb*: abundance/plenty/much
• *dāgān*: grain/corn/cereal
• *tîrōš*: new wine/fresh wine/must

Referenced Verses

• Deut 33:28 : 28 And Israel doth tabernacle `in' confidence alone; The eye of Jacob `is' unto a land of corn and wine; Also His heavens drop down dew.
• Deut 33:13 : 13 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,
• Gen 27:39 : 39 And Isaac his father answereth and saith unto him, `Lo, of the fatness of the earth is thy dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above;
• Deut 7:13 : 13 and hath loved thee, and blessed thee, and multiplied thee, and hath blessed the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil, the increase of thine oxen, and the wealth of thy flock, on the ground which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee.
• Gen 45:18 : 18 and take your father, and your households, and come unto me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt, and eat ye the fat of the land.
• 2 Sam 1:21 : 21 Mountains of Gilboa! No dew nor rain be on you, And fields of heave-offerings! For there hath become loathsome The shield of the mighty, The shield of Saul -- without the anointed with oil.
• Joel 2:19 : 19 Let Jehovah answer and say to His people, `Lo, I am sending to you the corn, And the new wine, and the oil, And ye have been satisfied with it, And I make you no more a reproach among nations,
• Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob hath been in the midst of many peoples, As dew from Jehovah -- as showers on the herb, That waiteth not for man, nor stayeth for the sons of men.
• Zech 8:12 : 12 Because of the sowing of peace, The vine doth give her fruit, And the earth doth give her increase, And the heavens do give their dew, And I have caused the remnant of this people To inherit all these.
• Zech 9:17 : 17 For what His goodness! and what His beauty! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins -- make fruitful!
• Rom 11:17 : 17 And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become --
• Heb 11:20 : 20 By faith, concerning coming things, Isaac did bless Jacob and Esau;
• Josh 5:6 : 6 for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed;
• 1 Kgs 5:11 : 11 and Solomon hath given to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat, food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil; thus doth Solomon give to Hiram year by year.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, `Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.'
• 2 Chr 2:10 : 10 `And lo, to hewers, to those cutting the trees, I have given beaten wheat to thy servants, cors twenty thousand, and barley, cors twenty thousand, and wine, baths twenty thousand, and oil, baths twenty thousand.'
• Ps 36:8 : 8 They are filled from the fatness of Thy house, And the stream of Thy delights Thou dost cause them to drink.
• Ps 65:9-9 : 9 Thou hast inspected the earth, and waterest it, Thou makest it very rich, the rivulet of God `is' full of water, Thou preparest their corn, When thus Thou dost prepare it, 10 Its ridges have been filled, Deepened hath been its furrow, With showers Thou dost soften it, Its springing up Thou blessest. 11 Thou hast crowned the year of Thy goodness, And Thy paths drop fatness. 12 Drop do the pastures of a wilderness, And joy of the heights Thou girdest on. 13 Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout -- yea, they sing!
• Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine -- it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread -- the heart of man it supporteth.
• Ps 133:3 : 3 As dew of Hermon -- That cometh down on hills of Zion, For there Jehovah commanded the blessing -- Life unto the age!
• Isa 45:8 : 8 Drop, ye heavens, from above, And clouds do cause righteousness to flow, Earth openeth, and they are fruitful, Salvation and righteousness spring up together, I, Jehovah, have prepared it.
• Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there among the vanities of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O Jehovah our God? And we wait for thee, for Thou -- Thou hast done all these!
• Hos 14:5-7 : 5 I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon. 7 Return do the dwellers under his shadow, They revive `as' corn, and flourish as a vine, His memorial `is' as wine of Lebanon.
• Gen 49:20 : 20 Out of Asher his bread `is' fat; And he giveth dainties of a king.
• Num 13:20 : 20 And what the land `is', whether it `is' fat or lean; whether there is wood in it or not; and ye have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land;' and the days `are' days of the first-fruits of grapes.
• Num 18:12 : 12 all the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat -- their first-`fruits' which they give to Jehovah -- to thee I have given them.
• Deut 8:7-9 : 7 `For Jehovah thy God is bringing thee in unto a good land, a land of brooks of waters, of fountains, and of depths coming out in valley and in mountain: 8 a land of wheat, and barley, and vine, and fig, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and honey; 9 a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread, thou dost not lack anything in it; a land whose stones `are' iron, and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass;
• Deut 11:11-12 : 11 but the land whither ye are passing over to possess it, `is' a land of hills and valleys; of the rain of the heavens it drinketh water; 12 a land which Jehovah thy God is searching; continually `are' the eyes of Jehovah thy God upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the latter end of the year.
• Deut 32:2 : 2 Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,