Deuteronomy 26:15

“Look down from your holy dwelling, from the heavens, and bless your people Israel and the ground that you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.””

Deuteronomy 26:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 26:15, word by word

Look downהַשְׁקִיפָhashkifa

look down

Look down from above, look out (of a window).

Where else “hashkifa” appears
from your holyקָדְשְׁkadsh

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

Where else “kadsh” appears
dwellingמְּעוֹןmeon

dwelling, lair

Dwelling: the place where someone lives; often the heavens or the sanctuary where God dwells; also the lair of jackals.

Where else “meon” appears
the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

heaven

God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".

Where else “shamayim” appears
and blessבָרֵךְvarech

bless

God gives good things: life, children, harvests.

Where else “varech” appears
your peopleעַמְּam

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “am” appears
Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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and the groundאֲדָמָהadama

land

A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.

Where else “adama” appears
you have givenנָתַתָּהnatata

give

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

Where else “natata” appears
you sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתָּnishbata

swear

To promise with God as witness.

Where else “nishbata” appears
to our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

Where else “avote” 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

14I have not eaten of it in my mourning, nor have I removed any of it while unclean, nor have I given any of it for the dead. I have listened to the voice of YHWH my Elohim; I have done according to all that you commanded me.

15 · This verse (above)

16This day YHWH your Elohim commands you to do these statutes and the rules; so you shall keep and do them with all your heart and with all your soul.

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