Now, if you obey your God יהוה, to observe faithfully all the divine commandments which I enjoin upon you this day, your God יהוה will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיה
26
אםשמוע
457
תשמע
810
בקול
138
יהוה
26
אלהיך
66
לשמר
570
לעשות
806
אתכלמצותיו
1003
אשר
501
אנכי
81
מצוך
156
היום
61
ונתנך
526
יהוה
26
אלהיך
66
עליון
166
על
100
כלגויי
79
הארץ
296
Deuteronomy 28:2
Gematria: 2283
ובאועליךכלהברכותהאלהוהשיגךכיתשמעבקוליהוהאלהיך
All these blessings shall come upon you and take effect, if you will but heed the word of your God יהוה:
Word-by-Word Analysis
ובאו
15
עליך
130
כלהברכות
683
האלה
41
והשיגך
344
כי
30
תשמע
810
בקול
138
יהוה
26
אלהיך
66
Deuteronomy 28:3
Gematria: 1867
ברוךאתהבעירוברוךאתהבשדה
Blessed shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be in the country.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ברוך
228
אתה
406
בעיר
282
וברוך
234
אתה
406
בשדה
311
Deuteronomy 28:4
Gematria: 4310
ברוךפריבטנךופריאדמתךופריבהמתךשגראלפיךועשתרותצאנך
Blessed shall be your issue from the womb, your produce from the soil, and the offspring of your cattle, the calving of your herd and the lambing of your flock.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ברוך
228
פריבטנך
371
ופרי
296
אדמתך
465
ופרי
296
בהמתך
467
שגר
503
אלפיך
141
ועשתרות
1382
צאנך
161
Deuteronomy 28:5
Gematria: 1275
ברוךטנאךומשארתך
Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ברוך
228
טנאך
80
ומשארתך
967
Deuteronomy 28:6
Gematria: 1812
ברוךאתהבבאךוברוךאתהבצאתך
Blessed shall you be in your comings and blessed shall you be in your goings.
יהוה will put to rout before [your army] the enemies who attack you; they will march out against you by a single road, but flee from you by many ” roads.
יהוה will establish you as God’s holy people, as was sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of your God יהוה and walk in God’s ways.
Word-by-Word Analysis
יקימך
180
יהוה
26
לו
36
לעם
140
קדוש
410
כאשר
521
נשבעלך
472
כי
30
תשמר
940
אתמצות
937
יהוה
26
אלהיך
66
והלכת
461
בדרכיו
242
Deuteronomy 28:10
Gematria: 1879
וראוכלעמיהארץכישםיהוהנקראעליךויראוממך
And all the peoples of the earth shall see that יהוה’s name is proclaimed over you, יהוה’s name is proclaimed over you I.e., God provides protection, much as a (typically male) householder does upon formally recognizing someone as part of his household; cf. Isa. 4.1; Jer. 14.9; 2 Sam. 12.28. Cf. note at Deut. 1.31. and they shall stand in fear of you.
יהוה will give you abounding prosperity in your issue from the womb, the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil in the land that יהוה swore to your fathers to assign to you.
יהוה will open for you that bounteous store, the heavens, to provide rain for your land in season and to bless all your undertakings. You will be creditor to many nations, but debtor to none.
יהוה will make you the head, not the tail; you will always be at the top and never at the bottom—if only you obey and faithfully observe the commandments of your God יהוה that I enjoin upon you this day,
But if you do not obey your God יהוה to observe faithfully all the commandments and laws which I enjoin upon you this day, all these curses shall come upon you and take effect:
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיה
26
אםלא
72
תשמע
810
בקול
138
יהוה
26
אלהיך
66
לשמר
570
לעשות
806
אתכלמצותיו
1003
וחקתיו
530
אשר
501
אנכי
81
מצוך
156
היום
61
ובאו
15
עליך
130
כלהקללות
621
האלה
41
והשיגוך
350
Deuteronomy 28:16
Gematria: 2225
ארוראתהבעירוארוראתהבשדה
Cursed shall you be in the city and cursed shall you be in the country.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ארור
407
אתה
406
בעיר
282
וארור
413
אתה
406
בשדה
311
Deuteronomy 28:17
Gematria: 1454
ארורטנאךומשארתך
Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ארור
407
טנאך
80
ומשארתך
967
Deuteronomy 28:18
Gematria: 3720
ארורפריבטנךופריאדמתךשגראלפיךועשתרתצאנך
Cursed shall be your issue from the womb and your produce from the soil, the calving of your herd and the lambing of your flock.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ארור
407
פריבטנך
371
ופרי
296
אדמתך
465
שגר
503
אלפיך
141
ועשתרת
1376
צאנך
161
Deuteronomy 28:19
Gematria: 2170
ארוראתהבבאךוארוראתהבצאתך
Cursed shall you be in your comings and cursed shall you be in your goings.
יהוה will let loose against you calamity, panic, and frustration in all the enterprises you undertake, so that you shall soon be utterly wiped out because of your evildoing in forsaking Me.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ישלח
348
יהוהבך
48
אתהמארה
652
אתהמהומה
502
ואתהמגערת
1125
בכלמשלח
430
ידך
34
אשר
501
תעשה
775
עד
74
השמדך
369
ועדאבדך
107
מהר
245
מפני
180
רע
270
מעלליך
200
אשר
501
עזבתני
539
Deuteronomy 28:21
Gematria: 4112
ידבקיהוהבךאתהדברעדכלתואתךמעלהאדמהאשראתהבאשמהלרשתה
יהוה will make pestilence cling to you, until putting an end to you in the land that you are entering to possess.
יהוה will strike you with consumption, fever, and inflammation, consumption, fever, and inflammation Exact nature of these afflictions uncertain. with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew; they shall hound you until you perish.
Word-by-Word Analysis
יככה
55
יהוה
26
בשחפת
790
ובקדחת
520
ובדלקת
542
ובחרחר
424
ובחרב
218
ובשדפון
448
ובירקון
374
ורדפוך
316
עד
74
אבדך
27
Deuteronomy 28:23
Gematria: 4157
והיושמיךאשרעלראשךנחשתוהארץאשרתחתיךברזל
The skies above your head shall be copper and the earth under you iron.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיו
27
שמיך
370
אשר
501
עלראשך
621
נחשת
758
והארץ
302
אשרתחתיך
1339
ברזל
239
Deuteronomy 28:24
Gematria: 3178
יתןיהוהאתמטרארצךאבקועפרמןהשמיםירדעליךעדהשמדך
יהוה will make the rain of your land dust, and sand shall drop on you from the sky, until you are wiped out.
יהוה will put you to rout before your enemies; you shall march out against them by a single road, but flee from them by many ” roads; and you shall become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Translation Notes
*many — Lit. “seven.
Word-by-Word Analysis
יתנך
480
יהוהנגף
159
לפני
170
איביך
43
בדרך
226
אחד
13
תצא
491
אליו
47
ובשבעה
385
דרכים
274
תנוס
516
לפניו
176
והיית
431
לזעוה
118
לכל
80
ממלכות
536
הארץ
296
Deuteronomy 28:26
Gematria: 2788
והיתהנבלתךלמאכללכלעוףהשמיםולבהמתהארץואיןמחריד
Your carcasses shall become food for all the birds of the sky and all the beasts of the earth, with none to frighten them off.
יהוה will strike you with the Egyptian inflammation, the Egyptian inflammation See Exod. 9.9–10. with hemorrhoids, boil-scars, and itch, from which you shall never recover.
Word-by-Word Analysis
יככה
55
יהוה
26
בשחין
370
מצרים
380
ובעפלים
238
ובטחרים
275
ובגרב
213
ובחרס
276
אשר
501
לאתוכל
487
להרפא
316
Deuteronomy 28:28
Gematria: 1395
יככהיהוהבשגעוןובעורוןובתמהוןלבב
יהוה will strike you with madness, blindness, and dismay. ”
You shall grope at noon as the blind grope in the dark; you shall not prosper in your ventures, but shall be constantly abused and robbed, with none to give help.
If you [a man] pay the bride-price for a wife, another man shall enjoy her. If you build a house, you shall not live in it. If you plant a vineyard, you shall not harvest it. If you plant a vineyard … harvest it Cf. 20.6.
Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat of it; your ass shall be seized in front of you, and it shall not be returned to you; your flock shall be delivered to your enemies, with none to help you.
Your sons and daughters shall be delivered to another people, while you look on; and your eyes shall strain for them constantly, but you shall be helpless.
יהוה will afflict you at the knees and thighs with a severe inflammation, from which you shall never recover—from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
יהוה will drive you, and the king you have set over you, to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors, where you shall serve other gods, of wood and stone.
Word-by-Word Analysis
יולך
66
יהוה
26
אתך
421
ואתמלכך
517
אשר
501
תקים
550
עליך
130
אלגוי
50
אשר
501
לאידעת
515
אתה
406
ואבתיך
439
ועבדת
482
שם
340
אלהים
86
אחרים
259
עץ
160
ואבן
59
Deuteronomy 28:37
Gematria: 2834
והייתלשמהלמשלולשנינהבכלהעמיםאשרינהגךיהוהשמה
You shall be a consternation, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples to which יהוה will drive you.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיית
431
לשמה
375
למשל
400
ולשנינה
451
בכל
52
העמים
165
אשרינהגך
589
יהוה
26
שמה
345
Deuteronomy 28:38
Gematria: 2373
זרערבתוציאהשדהומעטתאסףכייחסלנוהארבה
Though you take much seed out to the field, you shall gather in little, for the locust shall consume it.
Word-by-Word Analysis
זרע
277
רב
202
תוציא
507
השדה
314
ומעט
125
תאסף
541
כי
30
יחסלנו
164
הארבה
213
Deuteronomy 28:39
Gematria: 4566
כרמיםתטעועבדתוייןלאתשתהולאתאגרכיתאכלנוהתלעת
Though you plant vineyards and till them, you shall have no wine to drink or store, for the worm shall devour them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כרמים
310
תטע
479
ועבדת
482
ויין
76
לאתשתה
1136
ולא
37
תאגר
604
כי
30
תאכלנו
507
התלעת
905
Deuteronomy 28:40
Gematria: 2381
זיתיםיהיולךבכלגבולךושמןלאתסוךכיישלזיתך
Though you have olive trees throughout your territory, you shall have no oil for anointment, for your olives shall drop off.
Word-by-Word Analysis
זיתים
467
יהיו
31
לך
50
בכלגבולך
113
ושמן
396
לא
31
תסוך
486
כי
30
ישל
340
זיתך
437
Deuteronomy 28:41
Gematria: 1544
בניםובנותתולידולאיהיולךכיילכובשבי
Though you beget sons and daughters, they shall not remain with you, for they shall go into captivity.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בנים
102
ובנות
464
תוליד
450
ולאיהיו
68
לך
50
כי
30
ילכו
66
בשבי
314
Deuteronomy 28:42
Gematria: 1756
כלעצךופריאדמתךיירשהצלצל
The cricket shall take over all the trees and produce of your land.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כלעצך
230
ופרי
296
אדמתך
465
יירש
520
הצלצל
245
Deuteronomy 28:43
Gematria: 2692
הגראשרבקרבךיעלהעליךמעלהמעלהואתהתרדמטהמטה
The strangers in your midst shall rise above you higher and higher, while you sink lower and lower:
Word-by-Word Analysis
הגר
208
אשר
501
בקרבך
324
יעלה
115
עליך
130
מעלה
145
מעלה
145
ואתה
412
תרד
604
מטה
54
מטה
54
Deuteronomy 28:44
Gematria: 2507
הואילוךואתהלאתלונוהואיהיהלראשואתהתהיהלזנב
they shall be your creditors, but you shall not be theirs; they shall be the head and you the tail.
All these curses shall befall you; they shall pursue you and overtake you, until you are wiped out, because you did not heed your God יהוה and keep the commandments and laws that were enjoined upon you.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ובאו
15
עליך
130
כלהקללות
621
האלה
41
ורדפוך
316
והשיגוך
350
עד
74
השמדך
369
כילא
61
שמעת
810
בקול
138
יהוה
26
אלהיך
66
לשמר
570
מצותיו
552
וחקתיו
530
אשר
501
צוך
116
Deuteronomy 28:46
Gematria: 1573
והיובךלאותולמופתובזרעךעדעולם
They shall serve as signs and proofs against you and your offspring for all time.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיו
27
בך
22
לאות
437
ולמופת
562
ובזרעך
305
עדעולם
220
Deuteronomy 28:47
Gematria: 3015
תחתאשרלאעבדתאתיהוהאלהיךבשמחהובטובלבבמרבכל
Because you would not serve your God יהוה in joy and gladness over the abundance of everything,
you shall have to serve—in hunger and thirst, naked and lacking everything—the enemies whom יהוה will let loose against you. [God] will put an iron yoke upon your neck until you are wiped out.
יהוה will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, which will swoop down like the eagle—a nation whose language you do not understand,
Word-by-Word Analysis
ישא
311
יהוה
26
עליך
130
גוי
19
מרחק
348
מקצה
235
הארץ
296
כאשר
521
ידאה
20
הנשר
555
גוי
19
אשר
501
לאתשמע
841
לשנו
386
Deuteronomy 28:50
Gematria: 1911
גויעזפניםאשרלאישאפניםלזקןונערלאיחן
a ruthless nation, that will show the influential influential Taking Heb. zaqen as a term of socioeconomic status; trad. “old.” See the Dictionary under “elder.” no regard and the vulnerable vulnerable Taking the Heb. term as referring to socioeconomic status; trad. “young.” See previous note and the Dictionary under na‘ar. no mercy.
It shall devour the offspring of your cattle and the produce of your soil, until you have been wiped out, leaving you nothing of new grain, wine, or oil, of the calving of your herds and the lambing of your flocks, until it has brought you to ruin.
It shall shut you up in all your towns throughout your land until every mighty, towering wall in which you trust has come down. And when you are shut up in all your towns throughout your land that your God יהוה has assigned to you,
you shall eat your own issue, the flesh of your sons and daughters that your God יהוה has assigned to you, because of the desperate straits to which your enemy shall reduce you.
The householder householder See the first note at 1.31. who is most tender and fastidious among you shall be too mean to his brother and the wife of his bosom and the children he has spared
to share with any of them the flesh of the children that he eats, because he has nothing else left as a result of the desperate straits to which your enemy shall reduce you in all your towns.
And she who is most tender and dainty among you, so tender and dainty that she would never venture to set a foot on the ground, shall begrudge the husband of her bosom, and her son and her daughter,
the afterbirth that issues from between her legs and the babies she bears; she shall eat them secretly, because of utter want, in the desperate straits to which your enemy shall reduce you in your towns.
If you fail to observe faithfully all the terms of this Teaching that are written in this book, to reverence this honored and awesome Name, your God יהוה,
And as יהוה once delighted in making you prosperous and many, so will יהוה now delight in causing you to perish and in wiping you out; you shall be torn from the land that you are about to enter and possess.
יהוה will scatter you among all the peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone, whom neither you nor your ancestors have experienced. whom neither you nor your ancestors have experienced See note at 11.28.
Yet even among those nations you shall find no peace, nor shall your foot find a place to rest. יהוה will give you there an anguished heart and eyes that pine and a despondent spirit.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ובגוים
67
ההם
50
לא
31
תרגיע
683
ולאיהיה
67
מנוח
104
לכףרגלך
383
ונתן
506
יהוה
26
לך
50
שם
340
לב
32
רגז
210
וכליון
122
עינים
180
ודאבון
69
נפש
430
Deuteronomy 28:66
Gematria: 1966
והיוחייךתלאיםלךמנגדופחדתלילהויומםולאתאמיןבחייך
The life you face shall be precarious; you shall be in terror, night and day, with no assurance of survival.
In the morning you shall say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening you shall say, “If only it were morning!”—because of what your heart shall dread and your eyes shall see.
יהוה will send you back to Egypt in galleys, by a route which I told you you should not see again. There you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but none will buy.
This verse constitutes 29.1 in some editions. These are the terms of the covenant which יהוה commanded Moses to conclude with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which was made with them at Horeb.