Deuteronomy 32:10 Go deeper
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He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. (KJV)
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יִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙yim.tza.'E.huhe found it
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:10 word 1
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzin a land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:10 word 2
מִדְבָּ֔רmid.Barwilderness
Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wilderness
Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:10 word 3
וּבְתֹ֖הוּu.ve.To.huand in a wasteland of
Lemma: תֹּ֫הוּ (to.hu) · Strong's: H8414
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: formlessness
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, 1 Samuel 12:21, Job 6:18, Job 12:24, Job 26:7, Psalms 107:40 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8414; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:10 word 4
יְלֵ֣לye.Lelhowling of
Lemma: יְלֵל (ye.lel) · Strong's: H3214
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: howling
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3214; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:10 word 5
יְשִׁמֹ֑ןye.shi.Mona desolate place
Lemma: יְשִׁימוֹן (ye.shi.mon) · Strong's: H3452H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wilderness
Used 9 times. Also: Numbers 21:20, Numbers 23:28, Psalms 68:7, Psalms 78:40, Psalms 106:14, Psalms 107:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3452H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:10 word 6
יְסֹֽבְבֶ֙נְהוּ֙ye.soe.Ven.huhe surrounded it
Lemma: סָבַב (sa.vav) · Strong's: H5437H
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)
Meaning: to turn: surround
Used 73 times. Also: Genesis 19:4, Exodus 39:6, Exodus 39:13, Numbers 21:4, Deuteronomy 2:1, Deuteronomy 2:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5437H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:10 word 7
יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּye.Vo.Ne.huhe took care of it
Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)
Meaning: to understand
Used 168 times. Also: Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Deuteronomy 1:13, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 32:7, Deuteronomy 32:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0995; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:10 word 8
יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּyi.tze.Ren.huhe guarded it
Lemma: נָצַר (na.tsar) · Strong's: H5341
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to watch
Used 61 times. Also: Exodus 34:7, Deuteronomy 33:9, 2 Kings 17:9, 2 Kings 18:8, Job 7:20, Job 27:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5341; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:10 word 9
כְּאִישׁ֥וֹןke.'i.Shonlike [the] pupil of
Lemma: אִישׁוֹן (i.shon) · Strong's: H0380
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: pupil
Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 17:8, Proverbs 7:2, Proverbs 7:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0380; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:10 word 10
עֵינֽוֹ\׃ei.Noeye his
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:10 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He found him | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
| in a desert | → | מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness |
| land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| in a barren | → | תֹּ֫הוּ H8414 formlessness |
| howling | → | יְלֵל H3214 howling |
| wilderness | → | יְשִׁימוֹן H3452H wilderness |
| He surrounded him | → | סָבַב H5437H to turn: surround |
| He instructed him | → | בִּין H0995 to understand |
| He guarded him | → | נָצַר H5341 to watch |
| as the apple | → | אִישׁוֹן H0380 pupil |
| of His eye | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
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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