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Deuteronomy 32:8 — King James Version← Study notes

When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.


Deuteronomy 32:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 32:812 words
בְּהַנְחֵלbəhanəḥēlIn inherit
עֶלְיוֹןʿeləywōnElevation
גּוֹיִםgwōyimNation
בְּהַפְרִידוֹbəhap̄ərîdwōIn break through
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אָדָםʾādāmMan
יַצֵּבyaṣēvStation
גְּבֻלֹתgəvulōtBoundary
עַמִּיםʿamîmPeople
לְמִסְפַּרləmisəparTo number
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

בְּהַנְחֵלbəhanəḥēlIn inherit
עֶלְיוֹןʿeləywōnElevation
גּוֹיִםgwōyimNation
בְּהַפְרִידוֹbəhap̄ərîdwōIn break through
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אָדָםʾādāmMan
יַצֵּבyaṣēvStation
גְּבֻלֹתgəvulōtBoundary
עַמִּיםʿamîmPeople
לְמִסְפַּרləmisəparTo number
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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