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lestפֶּןyou eatתֹּאכַלand are satisfied,וְשָׂבָעְתָּand buildתִּבְנֶהgoodטוֹבִיםhousesוּבָתִּיםand live in them,וְיָשָׁבְתָּ
Deuteronomy 8:12
Study it in the app“lest you eat and are satisfied, and build good houses and live in them,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 8:12, word by word
- you eatתֹּאכַלtochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochal” appears- and are satisfiedשָׂבָעְתָּsavata
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “savata” appears- and buildתִּבְנֶהtivne
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “tivne” appears- goodטוֹבִיםtovim
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovim” appears- housesבָתִּיםvatim
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vatim” appears- and live in themיָשָׁבְתָּyashavta
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashavta” appears
The context
11Guard yourself so that you do not forget YHWH your Elohim by not keeping his commandments, his rules, and his statutes that I am commanding you today;
12 · This verse (above)
13and your herds and your flocks multiply, and silver and gold multiply for you, and all that you have multiplies,