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ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis bringing youמְבִיאֲךָintoאֶלa goodטוֹבָהland,אֶרֶץa landאֶרֶץof streamsנַחֲלֵיof water,מָיִםof springsעֲיָנֹתand deepsוּתְהֹמֹתflowing outיֹצְאִיםin the plainבַּבִּקְעָהand on the mountain;וּבָהָר
Deuteronomy 8:7
Study it in the app“For YHWH your Elohim is bringing you into a good land, a land of streams of water, of springs and deeps flowing out in the plain and on the mountain;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 8:7, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is bringing youמְבִיאֲmevia
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevia” appears- a goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of streamsנַחֲלֵיnachale
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachale” appears- of waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- of springsעֲיָנֹתayanot
spring
Literally "eye": a place where water wells up from the ground.
Where else “ayanot” appears- and deepsתְהֹמֹתtehomot
the deep
The deep waters: the deep sea, the ocean, and the waters under the earth. In the Hebrew Bible it is not a place of punishment or the place of the dead.
Where else “tehomot” appears- flowing outיֹצְאִיםyotsim
spring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yotsim” appears- in the plainבִּקְעָהbika
plain, valley
Broad plain between mountains; wide valley.
Where else “bika” appears- and on the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears
Translation note
“Deeps” here are the deep waters that come out from under the ground.
The context
6So keep the commandments of YHWH your Elohim, walking in his ways and fearing him.
7 · This verse (above)
8a land of wheat and barley, of vines, fig trees, and pomegranates, a land of olive trees for oil and of honey;