KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Deuteronomy 32:9 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “For” | כִּ֛י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | For |
| “the Lord's” | יְהוָֹ֖ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lords |
| “portion” | חֵ֥לֶק | Properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment | portion |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “his people;” | עַמּ֑וֹ | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “Jacob” | יַֽעֲקֹ֖ב | Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch | Jacob |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “the lot” | חֶ֥בֶל | A rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together) | lot |
| “of his inheritance.” | נַֽחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ | Properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion | inheritance |
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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.
8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
9 For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
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