What Does Deuteronomy 19:8 Mean?

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“enlarge”

to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)

“And if the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thy God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“thy coast”

properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“as he hath sworn”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“unto thy fathers”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

“and give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“thee all the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which he promised”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

“and give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“unto thy fathers”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application