Look downהַשְׁקִיפָהfrom your holyקָדְשְׁךָdwelling,מִמְּעוֹןfromמִןthe heavens,הַשָּׁמַיִםand blessוּבָרֵךְyour peopleעַמְּךָIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלand the groundוְ הָאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרyou have givenנָתַתָּהus,לָנוּasכַּאֲשֶׁרyou sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתָּto our fathers,לַאֲבֹתֵינוּa landאֶרֶץflowingזָבַתwith milkחָלָבand honey.”וּדְבָשׁ
Deuteronomy 26:15
Study it in the app“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.””
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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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- 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.