Articles on

Deuteronomy 33

Deut. 33:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
29
Happy
'esher (Hebrew #835)
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
KJV usage: blessed, happy.
Pronounce: eh'-sher
Origin: from 833
z art thou, O Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
: who is like unto thee, O people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
saved
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
by the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, the shield
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
b of thy help
`ezer (Hebrew #5828)
aid
KJV usage: help.
Pronounce: ay'-zer
Origin: from 5826
, and who is the sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
c of thy excellency
ga`avah (Hebrew #1346)
arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament
KJV usage: excellency, haughtiness, highness, pride, proudly, swelling.
Pronounce: gah-av-aw'
Origin: from 1342
! and thine enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
shall be θfound liars
kachash (Hebrew #3584)
to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
KJV usage: deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-)lie, lying, submit selves.
Pronounce: kaw-khash'
Origin: a primitive root
unto thee; and thou shalt tread
darak (Hebrew #1869)
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
KJV usage: archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.
Pronounce: daw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
upon their high places
bamah (Hebrew #1116)
an elevation
KJV usage: height, high place, wave.
Pronounce: bam-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be high)
.

More on:

+

Cross References

+
Happy.
Deut. 4:7‑8• 7For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day.
(Deut. 4:7‑8)
;
Num. 23:20‑24• 20Behold, I have received commandment to bless:{HR}And he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob,{HR}Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel:{HR}Jehovah his Elohim is with him,{HR}And the shout of a King is among them.
22Elohim brought them out of Egypt;{HR}He hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.
23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob,{HR}Neither is there any divination against Israel;{HR}According to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel,{HR}What hath God wrought!
24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion,{HR}And lift up himself as a young lion;{HR}He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,{HR}And drink the blood of the slain.
(Num. 23:20‑24)
;
Num. 24:5• 5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob,{HR}And thy tabernacles, O Israel! (Num. 24:5)
;
2 Sam. 7:23• 23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make Him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? (2 Sam. 7:23)
;
Psa. 33:12• 12Happy [is] the nation whose God is Jehovah,{HR}The people he hath chosen to himself for an inheritance. (Psa. 33:12)
;
Psa. 144:15• 15Blessed the people to which [it is] thus;{HR}Blessed the people whose God [is] Jehovah. (Psa. 144:15)
saved.
the shield.
the sword.
Judg. 7:20• 20And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hand, and the trumpets in their right hand for blowing, and cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon! (Judg. 7:20)
;
Psa. 7:12• 12If he turn not, he will whet his sword;{HR}He hath bent his bow and made it ready. (Psa. 7:12)
;
Psa. 45:3• 3Gird thy sword upon the thigh,{HR}Ο mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty. (Psa. 45:3)
;
Isa. 27:1• 1In that day Jehovah with his sore and great and strong sword will visit leviathan, the piercing serpent, and leviathan, the crooked serpent; and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Isa. 27:1)
;
Isa. 34:5‑6• 5For my sword shall be bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.
6The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
(Isa. 34:5‑6)
;
Jer. 12:12• 12The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of Jehovah shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. (Jer. 12:12)
;
Jer. 47:6• 6O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. (Jer. 47:6)
;
Rev. 1:16• 16and he had in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance as the sun shineth in its strength. (Rev. 1:16)
;
Rev. 19:21• 21And the rest were slain with the sword of him that sat on the horse ( the sword that came forth out of his mouth; and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. (Rev. 19:21)
found liars.
or, subdued.
thou shalt.

J. N. Darby Translation

+
29
Happy art thou, Israel! Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thine excellency? And thine enemies shall come cringingg to thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

JND Translation Notes

+
g
i.e. "render forced or feigned obedience."

W. Kelly Translation

+
29
Happy thou, O Israel: who is like thee,{HR}O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy help,{HR}And who is the sword of thy excellency!{HR}And thy enemies shall lie to thee;{HR}And thou shalt tread on their high places.