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Deuteronomy 33

Deut. 33:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And for the precious things
meged (Hebrew #4022)
properly, a distinguished thing; hence something valuable, as a product or fruit
KJV usage: pleasant, precious fruit (thing).
Pronounce: meh'-ghed
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be eminent
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
and fulness
mlo' (Hebrew #4393)
or mlow (Ezekiel 41:8), {mel-o'}; from 4390; fulness (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X all along, X all that is (there-)in, fill, (X that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand- )full, multitude.
Pronounce: mel-o'
Origin: rarely mlowf {mel-o'}
thereof, and for the good will
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
of him that dwelt
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
in the bush
cnah (Hebrew #5572)
a bramble
KJV usage: bush.
Pronounce: sen-eh'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to prick
o: let the blessing come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
upon the head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
of Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
, and upon the top of the head
qodqod (Hebrew #6936)
the crown of the head (as the part most bowed)
KJV usage: crown (of the head), pate, scalp, top of the head.
Pronounce: kod-kode'
Origin: from 6915
of him that was separated
naziyr (Hebrew #5139)
from 5144; separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
KJV usage: Nazarite (by a false alliteration with Nazareth), separate(-d), vine undressed.
Pronounce: naw-zeer'
Origin: or nazir {naw-zeer'}
from his brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
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Ex. 3:2,4• 2And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a thorn-bush: and he looked, and behold, the thorn-bush burned with fire, and the thorn-bush was not being consumed.
 4And Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, and God called to him out of the midst of the thorn-bush and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here am I. (Ex. 3:2,4)

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Blessing,
Brethren,
Burning Bush,
Bush,
Earth,
Head,
Joseph

Cross References

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the earth.
Psa. 24:1• 1Of David. A Psalm. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (Psa. 24:1)
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Psa. 50:12• 12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. (Psa. 50:12)
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Psa. 89:11• 11Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, *thou* hast founded them. (Psa. 89:11)
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Jer. 8:16• 16The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: the whole land trembleth at the sound of the neighing of his steeds, and they come, and devour the land, and all it contains, the city and those that dwell therein. (Jer. 8:16)
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Jer. 8•  (Jer. 8)
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1 Cor. 10:26,28• 26For the earth is the Lord's and its fulness.
 28But if any one say to you, This is offered to holy purposes, do not eat, for his sake that pointed it out, and conscience sake; (1 Cor. 10:26,28)
the good.
Ex. 3:2‑4• 2And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a thorn-bush: and he looked, and behold, the thorn-bush burned with fire, and the thorn-bush was not being consumed.
 3And Moses said, Let me now turn aside and see this great sight, why the thorn-bush is not burnt.
 4And Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, and God called to him out of the midst of the thorn-bush and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here am I. (Ex. 3:2‑4)
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Mark 12:26• 26But concerning the dead that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, in the section of the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, *I* am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? (Mark 12:26)
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Luke 2:14• 14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men. (Luke 2:14)
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Acts 7:30‑33,35• 30And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.
 31And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of the Lord,
 32*I* am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider it.
 33And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
 35This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send to be a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. (Acts 7:30‑33,35)
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2 Cor. 12:7‑10• 7And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted.
 8For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me.
 9And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.
 10Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ: for when I am weak, then I am powerful. (2 Cor. 12:7‑10)
and upon the top.
Gen. 37:28,36• 28And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.
 36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard. (Gen. 37:28,36)
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Gen. 39:2‑3• 2And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
 3And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand. (Gen. 39:2‑3)
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Gen. 43:32• 32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. (Gen. 43:32)
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Gen. 45:9‑11• 9Haste and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says thy son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, tarry not.
 10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near to me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, and thy sheep, and thy cattle, and all that thou hast.
 11And there will I maintain thee; for yet there are five years of famine; in order that thou be not impoverished, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. (Gen. 45:9‑11)
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Gen. 49:26• 26The blessings of thy father surpass the blessings of my ancestors, Unto the bounds of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. (Gen. 49:26)
separated.
Heb. 7:26• 26For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens: (Heb. 7:26)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And by the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof. And let the good will of him that dwelt in the bush Come upon the head of Joseph, Upon the top of the head of him that was separated fromi his brethren.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "select amongst"; Heb. "Nazarite." See Gen. 49.26.