who fed youהַמַּאֲכִלְךָmannaמָןin the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּרwhichאֲשֶׁרyour fathersאֲבֹתֶיךָdid notלֹאknow,יָדְעוּןin order toלְמַעַןafflict youעַנֹּתְךָand in order toוּלְמַעַןtest you,נַסֹּתֶךָto do you goodלְהֵיטִבְךָin the end;בְּאַחֲרִיתֶךָ
Deuteronomy 8:16
Study it in the app“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;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 8:16, word by word
- who fed youמַּאֲכִלְmaachil
feed
To feed.
Where else “maachil” appears- mannaמָןman
manna
The food God gave Israel in the wilderness.
Where else “man” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- knowיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- afflict youעַנֹּתְanot
afflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “anot” appears- test youנַסֹּתֶnasote
test
To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.
Where else “nasote” appears- to do you goodהֵיטִבְhetiv
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “hetiv” appears- in the endאַחֲרִיתֶacharite
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharite” appears
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.”