Deuteronomy 8:16

“who fed you manna in the wilderness, which your fathers did not know, in order to afflict you and in order to test you, to do you good in the end;”

Deuteronomy 8:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 8:16, word by word

who fed youמַּאֲכִלְmaachil

feed

To feed.

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mannaמָןman

manna

The food God gave Israel in the wilderness.

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in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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knowיָדְעוּyadu

know

To know something, realize.

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afflict youעַנֹּתְanot

afflict

To make suffer, oppress.

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test youנַסֹּתֶnasote

test

To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.

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to do you goodהֵיטִבְhetiv

go well

For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".

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in the endאַחֲרִיתֶacharite

end

Where something ends, and how it ends.

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The context

15who led you through the great and fearsome wilderness, with burning serpent and scorpion, and parched ground where there was no water, who brought out for you water from the rock of flint,

16 · This verse (above)

17and you say in your heart, “My strength and the might of my hand have made for me this wealth.”

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