Forכִּיthe landהָאָרֶץinto whichאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהyouאַתָּהare goingבָאto take possession of itלְרִשְׁתָּהּis notלֹא הִואlike the landכְאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםfrom whichאֲשֶׁר מִשָּׁםyou came out,יְצָאתֶםwhereאֲשֶׁרyou would sowתִּזְרַעyour seedאֶת זַרְעֲךָand water itוְהִשְׁקִיתָwith your foot,בְרַגְלְךָlike a gardenכְּגַןof vegetables.הַיָּרָק
Deuteronomy 11:10
Study it in the app“For the land into which you are going to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you came out, where you would sow your seed and water it with your foot, like a garden of vegetables.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 11:10, word by word
- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- are goingבָאva
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “va” appears- to take possession of itרִשְׁתָּrishta
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “rishta” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- you came outיְצָאתֶםyetsatem
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsatem” appears- you would sowתִּזְרַעtizra
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “tizra” appears- your seedזַרְעֲzara
seed
What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.
Where else “zara” appears- and water itהִשְׁקִיתָhishkita
water
To water the land.
Where else “hishkita” appears- with your footרַגְלְragl
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragl” appears- like a gardenגַןgan
garden
Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.
Where else “gan” appears- of vegetablesיָּרָקyarak
vegetable, herb
Vegetable, green plant.
Where else “yarak” appears
Translation note
“Watering with the foot” alludes to irrigation in Egypt, where the water of the Nile was carried to the fields by channels that were opened and closed with the foot, or was raised with wheels turned by the feet.
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
9and so that you may prolong your days on the land that YHWH swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.
10 · This verse (above)
11But the land into which you are crossing to take possession of it is a land of mountains and plains; it drinks water from the rain of the heavens,