Deuteronomy 28:38

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Thou shalt

נָשָׂא

nâsâʼ

H5375

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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זֶרַע

zeraʻ

H2233

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

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out into the

שָׂדֶה

sâdeh

H7704

a field (as flat)

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and shalt

קָבַץ

qâbats

H6908

to grasp, i.e. collect

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but

מְעַט

mᵉʻaṭ

H4592

a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)

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in for the

אַרְבֶּה

ʼarbeh

H697

a locust (from its rapid increase)

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shall

כָּלָה

kâlâh

H3615

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

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it

Key Terms in This Verse

locust H697

אַרְבֶּה ʼarbeh

a locust (from its rapid increase)

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consume H3615

כָּלָה kâlâh

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

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carry H5375

נָשָׂא nâsâʼ

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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gather H6908

קָבַץ qâbats

to grasp, i.e. collect

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little H4592

מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ

a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)

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seed H2233

זֶרַע zeraʻ

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

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much H7227

רַב rab

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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field H7704

שָׂדֶה sâdeh

a field (as flat)

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