Deuteronomy 11:9

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And that ye may

אָרַךְ

ʼârak

H748

to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)

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your

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

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 asso...

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in the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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which the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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שָׁבַע

shâbaʻ

H7650

to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

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unto your

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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to

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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unto them and to their

זֶרַע

zeraʻ

H2233

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

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a

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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that

זוּב

zûwb

H2100

to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow

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with

חָלָב

châlâb

H2461

milk (as the richness of kine)

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and

דְּבַשׁ

dᵉbash

H1706

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

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Key Terms in This Verse

floweth H2100

זוּב zûwb

to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow

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prolong H748

אָרַךְ ʼârak

to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)

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milk H2461

חָלָב châlâb

milk (as the richness of kine)

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honey H1706

דְּבַשׁ dᵉbash

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

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sware H7650

שָׁבַע shâbaʻ

to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

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seed H2233

זֶרַע zeraʻ

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

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fathers H1

אָב ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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days H3117

יוֹם yôwm

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)

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give H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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land H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Cross References

Exodus 3:8 cross-reference

And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the ...

Deuteronomy 4:40 cross-reference

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon...

Deuteronomy 6:2 cross-reference

That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be ...

Ezekiel 20:6 cross-reference

In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

Deuteronomy 5:16 cross-reference

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Deuteronomy 9:5 cross-reference

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and...

Proverbs 9:11 cross-reference

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

Proverbs 3:2 cross-reference

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Proverbs 3:16 cross-reference

Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

Deuteronomy 6:18 cross-reference

And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,

Proverbs 10:27 cross-reference

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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