Deuteronomy 2:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye shall purchase food of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֹ֣כֶל תִּשְׁבְּר֧וּ מֵֽאִתָּ֛ם בַּכֶּ֖סֶף וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֑ם וְגַם־מַ֜יִם תִּכְר֧וּ מֵאִתָּ֛ם בַּכֶּ֖סֶף וּשְׁתִיתֶֽם׃

Transliteration

ʾōkel tišberū from them in the kesep and waʾăkaltem and also-mayim tikrū from them in the kesep and ūšetîtem

Grammar Details

*ʾōkel*: noun masculine singular - food
*tišberū*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall buy/purchase
*kesep*: noun masculine singular - money/silver
*waʾăkaltem*: waw consecutive + qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall eat
*mayim*: noun masculine plural - water
*tikrū*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall buy/dig
*ūšetîtem*: waw conjunctive + qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall drink

Word Meanings

*ʾōkel*: food/bread/meal
*tišberū*: buy/purchase/acquire (literally: break, e.g., break off silver)
*kesep*: silver/money/payment
*waʾăkaltem*: you will eat/consume/ingest
*mayim*: water/waters
*tikrū*: buy/dig/purchase
*ūšetîtem*: you will drink/imbibe

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Referenced Verses

Num 20:19 : 19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without [doing] anything [else], pass through on my feet.
Deut 2:28-29 : 28 Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet, 29 as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.
Matt 7:12 : 12 All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Rom 12:17 : 17 Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.
2 Thess 3:7-8 : 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8 neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Deut 2:4-5
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Deut 6:11
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