DEUTERONOMY 33:9

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.”

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Deuteronomy 33:9 Translation & Meaning

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Who said הָֽאֹמֵ֞ר To say (used with great latitude) said
unto his father לְאָבִ֤יו Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application father
and to his mother, וּלְאִמּוֹ֙ A mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]) mother
I have not לֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
seen רְאִיתִ֔יו To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) seen
him; neither לֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles neither
did he acknowledge הִכִּ֔יר Properly, to scrutinize, i.e., look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning) did acknowledge
his brethren, אֶחָיו֙ A brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H0001]) brethren
nor לֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles nor
knew יָדָ֑ע To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) knew
his own children: בָּנָ֖ו A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) own children
for כִּ֤י (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed for
they have observed שָֽׁמְרוּ֙ Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc observed
thy word, אִמְרָתֶ֔ךָ An utterance word
and kept יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃ To guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.) kept
thy covenant. וּבְרִֽיתְךָ֖ A compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) covenant

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  • 7  And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

  • 8  And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

  • 9  Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

  • 10  They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

  • 11  Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.




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