a landאֶרֶץin whichאֲשֶׁר בָּהּyou will eatתֹּאכַלbreadלֶחֶםwithoutלֹאscarcity,בְמִסְכֵּנֻתyou will notלֹאlackתֶחְסַרanythingכֹּלin it;בָּהּa landאֶרֶץwhoseאֲשֶׁרstonesאֲבָנֶיהָare iron,בַרְזֶלand from whose hillsוּמֵהֲרָרֶיהָyou will dig outתַּחְצֹבcopper.נְחֹשֶׁת
Deuteronomy 8:9
Study it in the app“a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, you will not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and from whose hills you will dig out copper.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 8:9, word by word
- a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- you will eatתֹּאכַלtochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochal” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- scarcityמִסְכֵּנֻתmiskenut
scarcity, poverty
Scarcity, poverty.
Where else “miskenut” appears- lackתֶחְסַרtechsar
lack, be lacking
Lack, be short of; decrease.
Where else “techsar” appears- stonesאֲבָנֶיavane
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avane” appears- are ironבַרְזֶלvarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “varzel” appears- and from whose hillsהֲרָרֶיharare
mountain
Mount, mountain (a poetic form).
Where else “harare” appears- you will dig outתַּחְצֹבtachtsov
hew
To shape rock, or carve wells or tombs in it.
Where else “tachtsov” appears- copperנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appears
Translation note
“Copper” is the same word that elsewhere is translated “bronze”: it names the metal and its alloy.
The context
8a land of wheat and barley, of vines, fig trees, and pomegranates, a land of olive trees for oil and of honey;
9 · This verse (above)
10You will eat and be satisfied, and you shall bless YHWH your Elohim for the good land that he has given you.