Deuteronomy 4:32

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י שְׁאַל־נָא֩ לְיָמִ֨ים רִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ לְפָנֶ֗יךָ לְמִן־הַיּוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁר֩ בָּרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ אָדָם֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּלְמִקְצֵ֥ה הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְעַד־קְצֵ֣ה הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם הֲנִֽהְיָ֗ה כַּדָּבָ֤ר הַגָּדוֹל֙ הַזֶּ֔ה א֖וֹ הֲנִשְׁמַ֥ע כָּמֹֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

For šəʾal-nāʾ for-yāmîm rîʾšōnîm which-hāyû before-you, from-from-the-yôm which bārāʾ ʾĕlōhîm ʾāḏām upon-the-ʾāreṣ and-from-qeṣēh the-šāmayim and-to-qeṣēh the-šāmayim, hănihyāh like-the-dāḇār the-gāḏôl the-this, or hănišmaʿ like-it?

Grammar Details

*šəʾal*: verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular - ask
*nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
*yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
*rîʾšōnîm*: adjective, masculine plural - former/early/first
*hāyû*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they were
*yôm*: masculine singular noun - day
*bārāʾ*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he created
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God/gods
*ʾāḏām*: masculine singular noun - man/mankind
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth/land
*qeṣēh*: masculine singular construct noun - end of/edge of
*šāmayim*: masculine dual noun with definite article - the heavens
*hănihyāh*: interrogative particle + verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has it happened?
*dāḇār*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the word/thing
*gāḏôl*: adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the great
*hănišmaʿ*: interrogative particle + verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has it been heard?

Word Meanings

*šəʾal*: to ask/inquire/request
*yāmîm*: days/period of time
*rîʾšōnîm*: former/first/ancient/earliest
*bārāʾ*: to create/shape/form
*ʾāḏām*: man/mankind/humanity
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground/territory
*qeṣēh*: extremity/end/edge/border
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky/firmament
*dāḇār*: word/thing/matter/event
*gāḏôl*: great/large/important/significant

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Referenced Verses

Job 8:8 : 8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
Matt 24:31 : 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Mark 13:27 : 27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Ps 44:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} for the sons of Korah, Maschil{H8688)}. We have heard{H8804)} with our ears, O God, our fathers have told{H8765)} us, what work thou didst{H8804)} in their days, in the times of old.
Joel 1:2 : 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
Gen 1:27 : 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Deut 30:4 : 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
Deut 32:7 : 7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

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