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Deuteronomy 32

Deut. 32:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My doctrine
leqach (Hebrew #3948)
properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglement
KJV usage: doctrine, learning, fair speech.
Pronounce: leh'-kakh
Origin: from 3947
shall drop
`araph (Hebrew #6201)
to droop; hence, to drip
KJV usage: drop (down).
Pronounce: aw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
v as the rain
matar (Hebrew #4306)
rain
KJV usage: rain.
Pronounce: maw-tawr'
Origin: from 4305
, my speech
'imrah (Hebrew #565)
feminine of 561, and meaning the same
KJV usage: commandment, speech, word.
Pronounce: im-raw'
Origin: or memrah {em-raw'}
shall distil
nazal (Hebrew #5140)
to drip, or shed by trickling
KJV usage: distil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.
Pronounce: naw-zal'
Origin: a primitive root
as the dew
tal (Hebrew #2919)
dew (as covering vegetation)
KJV usage: dew.
Pronounce: tal
Origin: from 2926
, as the small rain
sa`iyr (Hebrew #8164)
a shower (as tempestuous)
KJV usage: small rain.
Pronounce: saw-eer'
Origin: formed the same as 8163
upon the tender herb
deshe' (Hebrew #1877)
a sprout; by analogy, grass
KJV usage: (tender) grass, green, (tender)herb.
Pronounce: deh'-sheh
Origin: from 1876
, and as the showers
rabiyb (Hebrew #7241)
a rain (as an accumulation of drops)
KJV usage: shower.
Pronounce: raw-beeb'
Origin: from 7231
upon the grass
`eseb (Hebrew #6212)
grass (or any tender shoot)
KJV usage: grass, herb.
Pronounce: eh'seb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green)
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Cross References

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drop.
2 Sam. 23:4• 4And he shall be as the light of the morning, like the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; When from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth. (2 Sam. 23:4)
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Job 29:22‑23• 22After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;
23And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
(Job 29:22‑23)
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Psa. 72:6• 6He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth. (Psa. 72:6)
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Isa. 55:10‑11• 10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall do that which I please, and it shall accomplish that for which I send it.
(Isa. 55:10‑11)
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Hos. 6:4• 4What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away. (Hos. 6:4)
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Hos. 14:5• 5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. (Hos. 14:5)
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1 Cor. 3:6‑8• 6*I* have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase.
7So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase.
8But the planter and the waterer are one; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
(1 Cor. 3:6‑8)
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Heb. 6:7• 7For ground which drinks the rain which comes often upon it, and produces useful herbs for those for whose sakes also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God; (Heb. 6:7)
as the showers.

J. N. Darby Translation

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My doctrine shall drop as rain, My speechb flow down as dew, As small rain upon the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.

JND Translation Notes

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b
Imrah, "a word," "speech," see Note to Ps. 119.11. Occurs also in ch. 33.9.