Deuteronomy 32:18 Go deeper
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Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. (KJV)
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צ֥וּרtzur[the] rock
Lemma: צוּר (tsur) · Strong's: H6697H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: rock
Used 76 times. Also: Exodus 17:6, Exodus 33:21, Exodus 33:22, Numbers 23:9, Deuteronomy 8:15, Deuteronomy 32:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6697H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:18 word 1
יְלָדְךָ֖ye.la.de.Kha[which] he fathered you
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to beget
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:18 word 2
תֶּ֑שִׁיTe.shiyou forgot
Lemma: שָׁיָה (sha.yah) · Strong's: H7876
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to forget
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7876; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:18 word 3
וַתִּשְׁכַּ֖חva.tish.Kachand you forgot
Lemma: שָׁכַח (sha.khach) · Strong's: H7911
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqw2ms)
Meaning: to forget
Used 102 times. Also: Genesis 27:45, Genesis 40:23, Genesis 41:30, Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 4:23, Deuteronomy 4:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7911; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:18 word 4
אֵ֥ל'elGod
Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: God
Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0410G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:18 word 5
מְחֹלְלֶֽךָ\׃me.cho.le.Le.kha[who] gave birth to you
Lemma: חוּל (chul) · Strong's: H2342H
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVprmsc)
Meaning: to twist: give birth
Used 9 times. Also: Job 15:7, Job 39:1, Psalms 51:5, Psalms 90:2, Proverbs 8:24, Proverbs 8:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2342H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:18 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You ignored | → | שָׁיָה H7876 to forget |
| the Rock | → | צוּר H6697H rock |
| who brought you forth | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| you forgot | → | שָׁכַח H7911 to forget |
| the God | → | אֵל H0410G God |
| who gave you birth | → | חוּל H2342H to twist: give birth |
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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