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Deuteronomy 8:9 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Deuteronomy 8:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 8:918 words
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
בְמִסְכֵּנֻתvəmisəkēnutIn indigence
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
בָּהּbāhIn
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
לֹאlōʾNot
תֶחְסַרteḥəsarLack
כֹּלkōlWhole
בָּהּbāhIn
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֲבָנֶיהָʾăvāneyhāStone
בַרְזֶלvarəzelIron
וּמֵהֲרָרֶיהָûmēhărāreyhāAnd from mountain
תַּחְצֹבtaḥəṣōvCut
נְחֹשֶׁתnəḥōšetCopper
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
בְמִסְכֵּנֻתvəmisəkēnutIn indigence
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
בָּהּbāhIn
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
לֹאlōʾNot
תֶחְסַרteḥəsarLack
כֹּלkōlWhole
בָּהּbāhIn
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֲבָנֶיהָʾăvāneyhāStone
בַרְזֶלvarəzelIron
וּמֵהֲרָרֶיהָûmēhărāreyhāAnd from mountain
תַּחְצֹבtaḥəṣōvCut
נְחֹשֶׁתnəḥōšetCopper

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