Deuteronomy 32:2
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֶקַח
leqach
properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) invei...
נָטַף
nâṭaph
to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
קָטָן
qâṭân
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
רַךְ
rak
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
רָבִיב
râbîyb
a rain (as an accumulation of drops)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָטַף nâṭaph
to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
Study H5197 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →לֶקַח leqach
properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglement
Study H3948 →קָטָן qâṭân
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
Study H6996 →Cross References
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
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