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Deuteronomy 28:23 Interlinear

“ And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass and the earth that is under thee shall be iron”

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Deuteronomy 28 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְהָי֥וּ	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	שָׁמֶ֛יךָ	H8064	And thy heaven	the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
3	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
4	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
5	רֹֽאשְׁךָ֖	H7218	that is over thy head	the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
6	נְחֹ֑שֶׁת	H5178	shall be brass	copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e., coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
7	וְהָאָ֥רֶץ	H776	and the earth	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
8	אֲשֶׁר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
9	תַּחְתֶּ֖יךָ	H8478		the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
10	בַּרְזֶֽל׃	H1270	that is under thee shall be iron	iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement

Deuteronomy 28:23 (current) And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass and the earth that is under thee shall be iron