Deuteronomy 28:46 Go deeper
← Deuteronomy 28 · ← verse 45 · verse 47 →
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. (KJV)
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וְהָי֣וּve.ha.Yuand they will become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
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 28:46 word 1
לְא֖וֹתle.'ot<into> a sign
Lemma: אוֹת (ot) · Strong's: H0226G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: sign: miraculous
Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 3:12, Exodus 4:8, Exodus 4:9, Exodus 4:17, Exodus 4:28, Exodus 4:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0226G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:46 word 2
וּלְמוֹפֵ֑תu.le.mo.Fetand <into> a wonder
Lemma: מוֹפֵת (mo.phet) · Strong's: H4159
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wonder
Used 36 times. Also: Exodus 4:21, Exodus 7:3, Exodus 7:9, Exodus 11:9, Exodus 11:10, Deuteronomy 4:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4159; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:46 word 3
וּֽבְזַרְעֲךָ֖u.ve.zar.'a.Khaand among offspring your
Lemma: זֶ֫רַע (ze.ra) · Strong's: H2233H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: seed: children
Used 177 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:3, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2233H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:46 word 4
עַד\־'ad-until
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:46 word 5
עוֹלָֽם\׃o.Lamperpetuity
Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: forever: enduring
Used 388 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 17:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5769G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 28:46 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| These curses will be | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| a sign | → | אוֹת H0226G sign: miraculous |
| and a wonder | → | מוֹפֵת H4159 wonder |
| upon you | → | |
| and your descendants | → | זֶ֫רַע H2233H seed: children |
| forever | → | עַד H5704 till |
| . . . | → | עוֹלָם H5769G forever: enduring |
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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