Deuteronomy 30:19

Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data

"I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

I

קָרָא

qârâʼ

H7121

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim

H8064

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 r...

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and

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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to

זָכַר

zâkar

H2142

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

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this

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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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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you that I have

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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you

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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and

מָוֶת

mâveth

H4194

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

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בְּרָכָה

Bᵉrâkâh

H1293

benediction; by implication prosperity

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and

אָלָה

ʼâlâh

H423

an imprecation

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כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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בָּחַר

bâchar

H977

properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select

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חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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that both thou and thy

זֶרַע

zeraʻ

H2233

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

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may

חָיָה

châyâh

H2421

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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Key Terms in This Verse

cursing H423

אָלָה ʼâlâh

an imprecation

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record H2142

זָכַר zâkar

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

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choose H977

בָּחַר bâchar

properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select

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blessing H1293

בְּרָכָה Bᵉrâkâh

benediction; by implication prosperity

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call H7121

קָרָא qârâʼ

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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live H2421

חָיָה châyâh

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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seed H2233

זֶרַע zeraʻ

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

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death H4194

מָוֶת mâveth

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

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life H2416

חַי chay

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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life H2416

חַי chay

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:15 cross-reference

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

Deuteronomy 11:26 cross-reference

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

Psalm 119:30 cross-reference

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

Proverbs 8:36 cross-reference

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Deuteronomy 30:1 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD ...

Jeremiah 32:39 cross-reference

And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

Luke 10:42 cross-reference

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

1 Timothy 5:21 cross-reference

I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

Deuteronomy 4:26 cross-reference

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shal...

Acts 2:39 cross-reference

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.

Psalm 119:173 cross-reference

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

Deuteronomy 31:28 cross-reference

Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

Psalm 119:111 cross-reference

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Proverbs 1:29 cross-reference

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Deuteronomy 32:1 cross-reference

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Isaiah 1:2 cross-reference

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

Isaiah 56:4 cross-reference

For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

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