Leviticus 26:20

“And your strength will be spent in vain, and your land will not give its yield, and the tree of the land will not give its fruit.”

Leviticus 26:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 26:20, word by word

And your strengthכֹּחֲkoach

strength

Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.

Where else “koach” appears
will be spentתַםtam

be consumed

To be completely destroyed.

Where else “tam” appears
in vainרִיקrik

in vain

In vain, for nothing.

Where else “rik” appears
and your landאַרְצְarts

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arts” appears
giveתִתֵּןtiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “titen” appears
its yieldיְבוּלָyevula

produce

Produce: what the land yields.

Where else “yevula” appears
and the treeעֵץets

tree

A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.

Where else “ets” appears
its fruitפִּרְיpiry

fruit

What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.

Where else “piry” appears

The context

19And I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heavens like iron and your land like bronze.

20 · This verse (above)

21And if you walk with me in opposition and are not willing to listen to me, I will go on to bring on you blows seven times more according to your sins.

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