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The resident alienהַגֵּרwho isאֲשֶׁרin your midstבְּקִרְבְּךָwill riseיַעֲלֶהabove youעָלֶיךָhigherמַעְלָהand higher,מָּעְלָהand youוְאַתָּהwill go downתֵרֵדlowerמַטָּהand lower.מָּטָּה
Deuteronomy 28:43
Study it in the app“The resident alien who is in your midst will rise above you higher and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 28:43, word by word
- The resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- in your midstקִרְבְּkirb
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirb” appears- will riseיַעֲלֶהyaale
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “yaale” appears- higherמַעְלָmala
exceedingly
More and more: used to say "greatly" or "above all".
Where else “mala” appears- will go downתֵרֵדtered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “tered” appears- lowerמַטָּהmata
below, downward
Below, downward, beneath.
Where else “mata” appears
The context
42All your trees and the fruit of your ground the cricket will take possession of.
43 · This verse (above)
44He will lend to you, and you will not lend to him; he will be the head, and you will be the tail.