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and you gaveוַתִּתֵּןthemלָהֶםthis landאֶת הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאתthatאֲשֶׁרyou sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתָּto their fathersלַאֲבוֹתָםto giveלָתֵתthem,לָהֶםa landאֶרֶץflowingזָבַתwith milkחָלָבand honey.וּדְבָשׁ
Jeremiah 32:22
Study it in the app“and you gave them this land that you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 32:22, word by word
- and you gaveתִּתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- this landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- you sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתָּnishbata
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbata” appears- to their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- flowingזָבַתzavat
flow
For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.
Where else “zavat” appears- with milkחָלָבchalav
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appears- and honeyדְבָשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears
The context
21And you brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders, and with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
22 · This verse (above)
23And they came in and possessed it, but they did not listen to your voice, nor walk in your instruction; all that you commanded them to do they did not do; and you have made all this evil come upon them.