Deuteronomy 30:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and Jehovah thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וֶהֱבִֽיאֲךָ֞ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אֶל־הָאָ֛רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָרְשׁ֥וּ אֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֑הּ וְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֥ וְהִרְבְּךָ֖ מֵאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ

Transliteration

And wehĕbîʾăkā YHWH your ʾĕlōhîm unto the ʾāreṣ which yārəšû your ʾăbōtekā and wîrištāh and wəhêṭîbəkā and wəhirbəkā more than your ʾăbōtekā

Grammar Details

*wehĕbîʾăkā*: waw-consecutive + hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and he will bring you
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the land/earth
*yārəšû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - they possessed/inherited
*ʾăbōtekā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your fathers/ancestors
*wîrištāh*: waw-consecutive + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and you will possess/inherit it
*wəhêṭîbəkā*: waw-consecutive + hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and he will do good to you
*wəhirbəkā*: waw-consecutive + hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and he will multiply you

Word Meanings

*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/territory/ground
*yārəšû*: possessed/inherited/took possession of
*ʾăbōtekā*: your fathers/ancestors/forefathers
*wîrištāh*: and you will possess/inherit/occupy it
*wəhêṭîbəkā*: and he will do good to you/make you prosper
*wəhirbəkā*: and he will multiply/increase/make you numerous

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 29:14 : 14 And I will be found of you, saith Jehovah, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

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Deut 30:9
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9And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;
Deut 28:11-12
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11And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
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Deut 7:13
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13and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
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Deut 6:18
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5Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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Deut 30:20
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Deut 11:21
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Deut 30:1
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