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Heהוּאwill lend to you,יַלְוְךָand youוְאַתָּהwill notלֹאlend to him;תַלְוֶנּוּheהוּאwill beיִהְיֶהthe head,לְרֹאשׁand youוְאַתָּהwill beתִּהְיֶהthe tail.לְזָנָב
Deuteronomy 28:44
Study it in the app“He will lend to you, and you will not lend to him; he will be the head, and you will be the tail.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 28:44, word by word
- will lend to youיַלְוְyalv
borrow
To receive something belonging to another on loan, bound to give it back.
Where else “yalv” appears- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- the headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- the tailזָנָבzanav
tail
An animal's hindmost part, or the lowest place.
Where else “zanav” appears
The context
43The resident alien who is in your midst will rise above you higher and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.
44 · This verse (above)
45And all these curses will come upon you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim, to keep his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you.