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Deuteronomy 28:40

Hebrew
זֵיתִ֛ים יִהְי֥וּplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה

hebrew

The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament.

This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence.

* It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2
לְךָ֖ בְּכָל גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָ וְשֶׁ֨מֶן֙ לֹ֣א תָס֔וּךְ כִּ֥י יִשַּׁ֖ל זֵיתֶֽךָ
ESV
You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off.
NIV
You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off.
NLT
You will grow olive trees throughout your land, but you will never use the olive oil, for the fruit will drop before it ripens.
LXX
ἐλαῖαι ἔσονταίplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
σοι ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

greek

Preposition meaning “in”.
πᾶσιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigπᾶς

greek

Meaning

* All * Every * The whole

Adjective.

Usage in the New Testament

The sense of πᾶς depends on whether it modifies a singular or plural noun, and whether that noun is countable or uncountable.

With singular countable nouns → "every" John 1:9John 3:16Romans 5:12Matthew 28:19Colossians 1:16Romans 3:23Romans 3:23John 3:16Colossians 1:17
τοῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ὁρίοις σου καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί

greek

Meaning

* And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So

Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and”
ἔλαιον οὐ χρίσῃ ὅτι ἐκρυήσεται plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ἐλαία σου
KJV
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:39 ← Deuteronomy 28:40 → Deuteronomy 28:41

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