Deuteronomy 32:9

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When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.	For the LORD'S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance.	He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For the LORD'S^H3068 portion^H2506 is his people^H5971; Jacob^H3290 is the lot^H2256 of his inheritance^H5159.

Original Hebrew

כִּי חֵלֶק יְהֹוָה עַמֹּו יַעֲקֹב חֶבֶל נַחֲלָתֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֛י	ki	H3588	HC	for
חֵ֥לֶק	Che.lek	H2506	HNcmsc	(the) portion of
יְהֹוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
עַמּ֑/וֹ	a.M/o	H5971	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	(is) people/ his
יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HNp	Jacob
חֶ֥בֶל	Che.vel	H2256	HNcbsc	(is) (the) measured portion of
נַחֲלָתֽ/וֹ	na.cha.la.T/o	H5159	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	inheritance/ his

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

Strong's References

H2256 — חֶבֶל (chebel, kheh'-bel): or חֵבֶל; from חָבַל; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
H2506 — חֵלֶק (chêleq, khay'lek): from חָלַק; properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment; flattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.
H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
H5159 — נַחֲלָה (nachălâh, nakh-al-aw'): from נָחַל (in its usual sense); properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion; heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare נַחַל.
H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

lot — Micah 2:5
the Lord's — Exodus 15:16, Exodus 19:5-6, Deuteronomy 26:18-19, 1 Samuel 10:1, Psalms 78:71, Psalms 135:4, Isaiah 43:21, Jeremiah 10:16, Jeremiah 51:19, Ephesians 1:18, 1 Peter 2:9-10

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