Revised Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 8:7-10

7For Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430bringethמְבִֽיאֲךָ֖me.vi.'a.KhaH935thee into a goodטוֹבָ֑הto.VahH2896landאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776,a landאֶ֚רֶץ'E.retzH776of brooksנַ֣חֲלֵיNa.cha.leiH5158of waterמָ֔יִםMa.yimH4325,of fountainsעֲיָנֹת֙'a.ya.NotH5869and depthsוּתְהֹמֹ֔תu.te.ho.MotH8415that spring outיֹצְאִ֥יםyo.tze.'ImH3318of valleysבַּבִּקְעָ֖הba.bik.'AhH1237and hillsוּבָהָֽר׃u.va.HarH2022;

8A landאֶ֤רֶץ'E.retzH776of wheatחִטָּה֙chi.TahH2406,and barleyוּשְׂעֹרָ֔הu.se.'o.RahH8184,and vinesוְגֶ֥פֶןve.Ge.fenH1612,and fig treesוּתְאֵנָ֖הu.te.'e.NahH8384,and pomegranatesוְרִמּ֑וֹןve.ri.MonH7416;a landאֶֽרֶץ־'e.retz-H776of oilשֶׁ֖מֶןShe.menH8081oliveזֵ֥יתzeitH2132,and honeyוּדְבָֽשׁ׃u.de.VashH1706;

9A landאֶ֗רֶץ'E.retzH776whereinH834thou shalt eatתֹּֽאכַל־to.khal-H398breadלֶ֔חֶםLe.chemH3899withoutH3808scarcenessבְמִסְכֵּנֻת֙ve.mis.ke.NutH4544,thou shalt not lackתֶחְסַ֥רtech.SarH2637any thingin it; a landאֶ֚רֶץ'E.retzH776whose stonesאֲבָנֶ֣יהָ'a.va.Nei.haH68areironבַרְזֶ֔לvar.ZelH1270,and out of whose hillsוּמֵהֲרָרֶ֖יהָu.me.ha.ra.Rei.haH2042thou mayest digתַּחְצֹ֥בtach.TzoH2672brassנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ne.Cho.shetH5178.

10When thou hast eatenוְאָכַלְתָּ֖ve.'a.khal.TaH398and art fullוְשָׂבָ֑עְתָּve.sa.Va.'e.taH7646,then thou shalt blessוּבֵֽרַכְתָּ֙u.ve.rakh.TaH1288Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430for the goodהַטֹּבָ֖הha.to.VahH2896landהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776which he hath givenנָֽתַן־na.tan-H5414thee.

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