Deuteronomy 28:40 Go deeper
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Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit . (KJV)
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זֵיתִ֛יםzei.Timolive trees
Lemma: זַ֫יִת (za.yit) · Strong's: H2132H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: olive
Used 35 times. Also: Genesis 8:11, Exodus 23:11, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 30:24, Leviticus 24:2, Deuteronomy 6:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2132H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:40 word 1
יִהְי֥וּyih.Yuthey will belong
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:40 word 2
בְּכָל\־be.kholin all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:40 word 3
גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָge.vu.Le.khaterritory your
Lemma: גְּבוּל (ge.vul) · Strong's: H1366H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: border: area
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 23:17, Genesis 47:21, Exodus 8:2, Exodus 10:4, Exodus 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1366H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:40 word 4
וְשֶׁ֙מֶן֙ve.She.menand oil
Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶן (she.men) · Strong's: H8081
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: oil
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 28:18, Genesis 35:14, Exodus 25:6, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 29:2, Exodus 29:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8081; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:40 word 5
לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:40 word 6
תָס֔וּךְta.Sukhyou will anoint yourself
Lemma: סוּךְ (sukh) · Strong's: H5480
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to anoint
Used 9 times. Also: Ruth 3:3, 2 Samuel 12:20, 2 Samuel 14:2, 2 Chronicles 28:15, Ezekiel 16:9, Daniel 10:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5480; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:40 word 7
כִּ֥יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:40 word 8
יִשַּׁ֖לyi.Shalit will drop off
Lemma: נָשַׁל (na.shal) · Strong's: H5394
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to slip
Used 7 times. Also: Exodus 3:5, Deuteronomy 7:1, Deuteronomy 7:22, Deuteronomy 19:5, Joshua 5:15, 2 Kings 16:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5394; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:40 word 9
זֵיתֶֽךָ\׃zei.Te.khaolive[s] your
Lemma: זַ֫יִת (za.yit) · Strong's: H2132H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: olive
Used 35 times. Also: Genesis 8:11, Exodus 23:11, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 30:24, Leviticus 24:2, Deuteronomy 6:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2132H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:40 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You will have | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| olive trees | → | זַ֫יִת H2132H olive |
| throughout | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| your territory | → | גְּבוּל H1366H border: area |
| but will never | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| anoint | → | סוּךְ H5480 to anoint |
| yourself with oil | → | שֶׁ֫מֶן H8081 oil |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the olives | → | זַ֫יִת H2132H olive |
| will drop off | → | נָשַׁל H5394 to slip |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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