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Deuteronomy 32:1

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← Deuteronomy 31:30	Deuteronomy 32:1 (KJV)	Deuteronomy 32:2 →
And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.	Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.	My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Give ear^H238, O ye heavens^H8064, and I will speak^H1696; and hear^H8085, O earth^H776, the words^H561 of my mouth^H6310.

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Original Hebrew

הַאֲזִינוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וַאֲדַבֵּרָה וְתִשְׁמַע הָאָרֶץ אִמְרֵי־פִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ	ha.'a.Zi.nu	H238	HVhv2mp	give ear
הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם	ha./sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HTd/Ncmpa	O/ heavens
וַ/אֲדַבֵּ֑רָה	va./'a.da.Be.rah	H1696	HC/Vph1cs	so/ let me speak
וְ/תִשְׁמַ֥ע	ve./tish.Ma'	H8085	HC/Vqj3fs	and/ it may hear
הָ/אָ֖רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ earth
אִמְרֵי	'im.rei-	H561	HNcmpc	(the) words of
פִֽ/י	F/i	H6310	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	mouth/ my

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H238 — אָזַן (ʼâzan, aw-zan'): a primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from אֹזֶן; to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen; give (perceive by the) ear, hear(-ken). See אָזַן.
• H561 — אֵמֶר (ʼêmer, ay'-mer): from אָמַר; something said; answer, [idiom] appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• H6310 — פֶּה (peh, peh): from פָּאָה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word.
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (11): Deuteronomy 31:19, Joshua 24:27, Judges 5:3, 1 Kings 13:2, Psalms 50:4, Isaiah 28:23, Isaiah 34:1, Micah 1:2, Micah 6:1, Hebrews 7:7, Revelation 15:3

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