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Deuteronomy 9:1

שְׁמַ֣ע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
אַתָּ֨ה
ʼattâh
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
עֹבֵ֤ר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
הַיּוֹם֙
yôwm
the — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן
Yardên
the — Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
לָבֹא֙
bôwʼ
to/for — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
לָרֶ֣שֶׁת
yârash
to/for — to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
גְּדֹלִ֥ים
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
וַעֲצֻמִ֖ים
ʻâtsûwm
and — powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous
מִמֶּ֑ךָּ
min
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
עָרִ֛ים
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
גְּדֹלֹ֥ת
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
וּבְצֻרֹ֖ת
bâtsar
and — to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם
shâmayim
in/with/by — the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Deuteronomy 9:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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“Hear, O Israel! You are crossing the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and more powerful than you, great cities fortified to heaven,
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““Hear, O Israel! You are crossing the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and more powerful than you, great cities fortified to heaven,”
Deuteronomy 9:1
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