Deuteronomy 8:17 Go deeper
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And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. (KJV)
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וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ve.'a.mar.Taand you will say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:17 word 1
בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָbil.va.Ve.khain heart your
Lemma: לֵבָב (le.vav) · Strong's: H3824
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 252 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 31:26, Exodus 14:5, Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 26:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3824; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:17 word 2
כֹּחִי֙ko.Chistrength my
Lemma: כֹּחַ (ko.ach) · Strong's: H3581B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: strength
Used 124 times. Also: Genesis 4:12, Genesis 31:6, Genesis 49:3, Exodus 9:16, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3581B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:17 word 3
וְעֹ֣צֶםve.'O.tzemand [the] might of
Lemma: עֹ֫צֶם (o.tsem) · Strong's: H6108
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: strength
Used 3 times. Also: Job 30:21, Psalms 139:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6108; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:17 word 4
יָדִ֔יya.Dihand my
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand: power
Used 578 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:17 word 5
עָ֥שָׂה'A.sahit has acquired
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to make: offer
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 12:5, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 31:1, Exodus 1:21, Exodus 10:25, Exodus 29:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213I; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:17 word 6
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:17 word 7
הַחַ֥יִלha.Cha.yilthe wealth
Lemma: חַ֫יִל (cha.yil) · Strong's: H2428H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: strength: rich
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 34:29, Numbers 31:9, Deuteronomy 8:18, Deuteronomy 33:11, 1 Samuel 9:1, 1 Kings 10:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2428H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:17 word 8
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> this
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:17 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You might say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| in your heart | → | לֵבָב H3824 heart |
| The power | → | כֹּחַ H3581B strength |
| and strength | → | עֹ֫צֶם H6108 strength |
| of my hands | → | יָד H3027H hand: power |
| have made | → | עָשָׂה H6213I to make: offer |
| this | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| wealth | → | חַ֫יִל H2428H strength: rich |
| for me | → |
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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