What Does Deuteronomy 31:16 Mean?

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“And the LORD”

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

near, with or among; often in general, to

“unto Moses”

mosheh, the israelite lawgiver

lo!

“Behold thou shalt sleep”

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then

“with thy fathers”

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

“will rise up”

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

“and this people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“and go a whoring”

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (

“after”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

“the gods”

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

“of the strangers”

foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom

“of 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

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“whither they go”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

“to be among”

properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

“them and will forsake”

to loosen, i.e., relinquish, permit, etc

“me and break”

to break up (usually figuratively), i.e., to violate, frustrate

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

“my covenant”

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

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

“which I have made”

to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc