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Rememberזְכֹרthe daysיְמוֹתof old,עוֹלָםconsiderבִּינוּthe yearsשְׁנוֹתof generationדּוֹרand generation;וָדוֹרaskשְׁאַלyour father,אָבִיךָand he will declare it to you,וְיַגֵּדְךָyour elders,זְקֵנֶיךָand they will tellוְיֹאמְרוּyou.לָךְ
Deuteronomy 32:7
Study it in the app“Remember the days of old, consider the years of generation and generation; ask your father, and he will declare it to you, your elders, and they will tell you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:7, word by word
- Rememberזְכֹרzechor
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zechor” appears- the daysיְמוֹתyemot
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yemot” appears- of oldעוֹלָםolam
of old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olam” appears- considerבִּינוּbinu
consider
To look carefully at something in order to tell it apart.
Where else “binu” appears- the yearsשְׁנוֹתshenot
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenot” appears- of generationדּוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears- askשְׁאַלsheal
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “sheal” appears- your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- and he will declare it to youיַגֵּדְyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- your eldersזְקֵנֶיzekene
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekene” appears- and they will tellיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears
The context
6Is it to YHWH you repay this, foolish and unwise people? Is he not your father, who acquired you? He made you and established you.
7 · This verse (above)
8When Elyon gave the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of man, he set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.