Hebrew Interlinear

Deuteronomy 11:9 Interlinear

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וּלְמַ֨עַןH4616properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
2תַּֽאֲרִ֤יכוּH748And that ye may prolongto be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
3יָמִים֙H3117your daysa day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
4עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
5הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הH127in the landsoil (from its general redness)
6אֲשֶׁר֩H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
7נִשְׁבַּ֨עH7650swareto seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
8יְהוָ֧הH3068which the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
9לַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֛םH1unto your fathersfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
10לָתֵ֥תH5414to giveto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
11לָהֶ֖םH0
12וּלְזַרְעָ֑םH2233unto them and to their seedseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
13אֶ֛רֶץH776a landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
14זָבַ֥תH2100that flowethto flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow
15חָלָ֖בH2461with milkmilk (as the richness of kine)
16וּדְבָֽשׁ׃H1706and honeyhoney (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

Verse Context

Deuteronomy 11:8Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which ...
Deuteronomy 11:9 (current) And that ye may prolong your days in the land sware which the LORD unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed a land that floweth with milk and honey
Deuteronomy 11:10 For the land whither thou goest in ...

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