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Deuteronomy 11:9 — King James Version← Study notes

And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.


Deuteronomy 11:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 11:916 words
וּלְמַעַןûləmaʿanAnd heed
תַּאֲרִיכוּtaʾărîḵûBe
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
עַלʿalAbove
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶםlaʾăvōtêḵemTo father
לָתֵתlātētTo give
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וּלְזַרְעָםûləzarəʿāmAnd to seed
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
זָבַתzāvatFlow
חָלָבḥālāvMilk
וּדְבָשׁûdəvāšAnd honey
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּלְמַעַןûləmaʿanAnd heed
תַּאֲרִיכוּtaʾărîḵûBe
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
עַלʿalAbove
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶםlaʾăvōtêḵemTo father
לָתֵתlātētTo give
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וּלְזַרְעָםûləzarəʿāmAnd to seed
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
זָבַתzāvatFlow
חָלָבḥālāvMilk
וּדְבָשׁûdəvāšAnd honey

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