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and you sayוְאָמַרְתָּin your heart,בִּלְבָבֶךָ“My strengthכֹּחִיand the mightוְעֹצֶםof my handיָדִיhave madeעָשָׂהfor meלִיthisהַזֶּהwealth.”אֶת הַחַיִל
Deuteronomy 8:17
Study it in the app“and you say in your heart, “My strength and the might of my hand have made for me this wealth.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 8:17, word by word
- and you sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
think
To speak inwardly without saying it aloud; to think.
Where else “amarta” appears- in your heartלְבָבֶlevave
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levave” appears- “My strengthכֹּחִkochi
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “kochi” appears- and the mightעֹצֶםotsem
might
Power of body and hand.
Where else “otsem” appears- of my handיָדִyadi
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appears- have madeעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears- wealthחַיִלchayil
wealth
The goods and wealth someone gathers.
Where else “chayil” appears
The context
16who 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;
17 · This verse (above)
18Remember YHWH your Elohim, for it is he who gives you strength to make wealth, in order to establish his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.