Hebrew Interlinear

Deuteronomy 31:20 Interlinear

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers that floweth with milk and honey and they shall have eaten and filled themselves and waxen fat then will they turn gods unto other and serve them and provoke me and break my covenant

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2אֲבִיאֶ֜נּוּH935For when I shall have broughtto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
3אֶֽלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
4הָאֲדָמָ֣ה׀H127them into the landsoil (from its general redness)
5אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
6נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּיH7650which I swareto seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
7לַֽאֲבֹתָ֗יוH1unto their fathersfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
8זָבַ֤תH2100that flowethto flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow
9חָלָב֙H2461with milkmilk (as the richness of kine)
10וּדְבַ֔שׁH1706and honeyhoney (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
11וְאָכַ֥לH398and they shall have eatento eat (literally or figuratively)
12וְשָׂבַ֖עH7646and filledto sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
13וְדָשֵׁ֑ןH1878themselves and waxen fatto be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)
14וּפָנָ֞הH6437then will they turnto turn; by implication, to face, i.e., appear, look, etc
15אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
16אֱלֹהִ֤יםH430godsgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
17אֲחֵרִים֙H312unto otherproperly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc
18וַֽעֲבָד֔וּםH5647and serveto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
19וְנִ֣אֲצ֔וּנִיH5006them and provoketo scorn; or (in ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for h5132, to bloom
20וְהֵפֵ֖רH6565me and breakto break up (usually figuratively), i.e., to violate, frustrate
21אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
22בְּרִיתִֽי׃H1285my covenanta compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

Verse Context

Deuteronomy 31:19 Now therefore write that this song ...
Deuteronomy 31:20 (current) For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers that floweth with milk and honey and they shall have eaten and filled themselves and waxen fat then will they turn gods unto other and serve them and provoke me and break my covenant
Deuteronomy 31:21 are befallen evils And it shall come to pass when many...

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