Deuteronomy 1:39

“And your little ones, who you said would become plunder, and your sons, who today do not know good or evil, they shall go in there, and to them I will give it, and they shall take possession of it.”

Deuteronomy 1:39 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 1:39, word by word

And your little onesטַפְּtap

little ones

Little ones: the children of a family.

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you saidאֲמַרְתֶּםamartem

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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would becomeיִהְיֶהyihye

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

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plunderבַזvaz

plunder, booty

Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.

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and your sonsבְנֵיvene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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todayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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knowיָדְעוּyadu

know

To know something, realize.

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goodטוֹבtov

what is right

What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.

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or evilרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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shall go inיָבֹאוּyavou

enter

To go into a place.

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I will give itאֶתְּנֶetne

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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shall take possession of itיִירָשׁוּyirashu

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

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The context

38Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there. Strengthen him, for he will make Israel inherit it.

39 · This verse (above)

40But you, turn and set out for the wilderness by the way of the Sea of Reeds.”

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