Deuteronomy 6:11

“houses full of all good things that you did not fill, cisterns dug that you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant— and you eat and are satisfied,”

Deuteronomy 6:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 6:11, word by word

housesבָתִּיםvatim

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “vatim” appears
fullמְלֵאִיםmeleim

full

Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.

Where else “meleim” appears
good thingsטוּבtuv

good things

The best the land gives: its goods, wealth and plenty.

Where else “tuv” appears
fillמִלֵּאתָmileta

fill

To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.

Where else “mileta” appears
cisternsבֹרֹתvorot

cistern

A hole dug to hold water.

Where else “vorot” appears
dugחֲצוּבִיםchatsuvim

hew

To shape rock, or carve wells or tombs in it.

Where else “chatsuvim” appears
vineyardsכְּרָמִיםkeramim

vineyard

Vineyard.

Where else “keramim” appears
and olive treesזֵיתִיםzetim

olive tree

A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.

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plant—נָטָעְתָּnatata

plant

Plant; set firmly.

Where else “natata” appears
and you eatאָכַלְתָּachalta

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “achalta” appears
and are satisfiedשָׂבָעְתָּsavata

be satisfied

To eat until one wants no more.

Where else “savata” appears

The context

10And when YHWH your Elohim brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you— great and good cities that you did not build,

11 · This verse (above)

12guard yourself so that you do not forget YHWH, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves.

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