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You will haveיִהְיוּ לְךָolive treesזֵיתִיםthroughoutבְּכָלyour territory,גְּבוּלֶךָbut with oilוְשֶׁמֶןyou will notלֹאanoint yourself,תָסוּךְforכִּיyour olivesזֵיתֶךָwill drop off.יִשַּׁל
Deuteronomy 28:40
Study it in the app“You will have olive trees throughout your territory, but with oil you will not anoint yourself, for your olives will drop off.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 28:40, word by word
- You will haveיִהְיוּyihyu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihyu” appears- olive treesזֵיתִיםzetim
olive
The small fruit of that tree, from which oil is pressed.
Where else “zetim” appears- your territoryגְּבוּלֶgevule
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevule” appears- but with oilשֶׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- anoint yourselfתָסוּךְtasuch
anoint, rub with oil
Anoint, rub the body with oil.
Where else “tasuch” appears- will drop offיִשַּׁלyishal
drop off
Something coming loose: a sandal, an axe-head, a falling olive.
Where else “yishal” appears
The context
39You will plant vineyards and work them, but wine you will not drink nor gather, for the worm will eat them.
40 · This verse (above)
41Sons and daughters you will father, but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity.