Forכִּיitהוּאis notלֹאan emptyרֵקwordדָבָרfor you;מִכֶּםratherכִּיitהוּאis your life,חַיֵּיכֶםand by thisוּבַ הַזֶּהwordדָּבָרyou will prolongתַּאֲרִיכוּyour daysיָמִיםonעַלthe landהָאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםare crossingעֹבְרִיםthe Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןto go thereשָׁמָּהand possess it.”לְרִשְׁתָּהּ
Deuteronomy 32:47
Study it in the app“For it is not an empty word for you; rather it is your life, and by this word you will prolong your days on the land that you are crossing the Jordan to go there and possess it.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:47, word by word
- an emptyרֵקrek
empty
Empty; figuratively, worthless, idle.
Where else “rek” appears- wordדָבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- is your lifeחַיֵּיchaye
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaye” appears- you will prolongתַּאֲרִיכוּtaarichu
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “taarichu” appears- your daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- the landאֲדָמָהadama
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “adama” appears- are crossingעֹבְרִיםovrim
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- and possess itרִשְׁתָּrishta
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “rishta” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
46and he said to them, “Set your heart on all the words that I am testifying against you today, so that you may command them to your sons, to take care to do all the words of this instruction.
47 · This verse (above)
48And YHWH spoke to Moses on that very day, saying,