Deuteronomy 33

Deuteronomy 33:1

וְזֹ֣את

zôʼth

and — this (often used adverb) הַבְּרָכָ֗ה

Bᵉrâkâh

the — benediction; by implication prosperity אֲשֶׁ֨ר

ʼăsher

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc. בֵּרַ֥ךְ

bârak

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason) מֹשֶׁ֛ה

Môsheh

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver אִ֥ישׁ

ʼîysh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים

ʼĕlôhîym

the — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative אֶת

ʼêth

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) בְּנֵ֣י

bên

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

Yisrâʼêl

he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity לִפְנֵ֖י

pânîym

to/for — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) מוֹתֽוֹ

mâveth

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

Deuteronomy 33:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

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This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the

Recurring Theme

This is the Torah's second and final instance of a dying leader blessing each of the twelve tribes by name, one at a time - the first being …sons of Israel

Recurring Theme

This is the Torah's second and final instance of a dying leader blessing each of the twelve tribes by name, one at a time - the first being … before his death.

Recurring Theme

This is the Torah's second and final instance of a dying leader blessing each of the twelve tribes by name, one at a time - the first being …

Rabbi's unlock

▦Deuteronomy 33:1New

Unlike Jacob's blessings in Genesis 49, several of which are barbed or double-edged, Moses' blessings here are almost entirely positive - a real difference in tone between the Torah's two tribal-blessing scenes, not just a formal repeat of the same structure.

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↔ Rabbi noticed a connection

The Torah's first tribe-by-tribe farewell blessing, from Jacob on his own deathbed - the same structural moment, echoed here at the Torah's actual close.

Deuteronomy 33:1 · WEB

This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

Genesis 49:1 · WEB

Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.”

Deuteronomy 33:1

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