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Ironבַּרְזֶלand bronzeוּנְחֹשֶׁתbe your bolts,מִנְעָלֶיךָand as your days,וּכְיָמֶיךָso your strength.”דָּבְאֶךָ
Deuteronomy 33:25
Study it in the app“Iron and bronze be your bolts, and as your days, so your strength.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 33:25, word by word
- Ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears- and bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appears- be your boltsמִנְעָלֶיminale
bolt
A bolt with which a door is secured.
Where else “minale” appears- and as your daysיָמֶיyame
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yame” appears- so your strengthדָּבְאֶdave
strength
A word that appears only here; from the context it is understood as "strength."
Where else “dave” appears
Translation note
The word translated “your strength” appears only here; its sense is inferred from the context.
The context
24And of Asher he said, “Most blessed of sons be Asher; let him be the favored one of his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.
25 · This verse (above)
26“There is none like El, Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your help, and in his majesty the clouds.