and so thatוּלְמַעַןyou may prolongתַּאֲרִיכוּyour daysיָמִיםonעַלthe landהָאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהsworeנִשְׁבַּעto your fathersלַאֲבֹתֵיכֶםto giveלָתֵתto themלָהֶםand to their offspring,וּלְזַרְעָםa landאֶרֶץflowingזָבַתwith milkחָלָבand honey.וּדְבָשׁ
Deuteronomy 11:9
Study it in the app“and 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 11:9, word by word
- you may prolongתַּאֲרִיכוּtaarichu
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “taarichu” appears- your daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- the landאֲדָמָהadama
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “adama” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- sworeנִשְׁבַּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- to your fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- to giveתֵתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- and to their offspringזַרְעָzara
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appears- a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- flowingזָבַתzavat
flow
For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.
Where else “zavat” appears- with milkחָלָבchalav
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appears- and honeyדְבָשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears
The context
8So keep all the commandment that I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and take possession of the land into which you are crossing to take possession of it,
9 · This verse (above)
10For 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.