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Deuteronomychapter 32

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Deuteronomy 32— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Deuteronomy 32. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 53 of 54

הַאֲזִינוּ Ha'azinu, Deuteronomy 32:1 to 32:52

Read with it: 2 Samuel 22:1 to 22:51.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Hear, O heavens — doctrine dropping like rain1

Deuteronomy 32:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

הַאֲזִ֥ינוּhaazinugive earH238הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםhashamayimO heavensH8064וַאֲדַבֵּ֑רָהvaadaberahso let me speakH1696וְתִשְׁמַ֥עvetishma'and it may hearH8085הָאָ֖רֶץhaaretzthe earthH776אִמְרֵי־ʾimrei-[the] words ofH561פִֽי׃fimouth myH6310

Ramban on Deuteronomy 32:1

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
By way of the plain meaning of Scripture, the words of Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra are correct that the Scriptures designate as witnesses all things which exist and endure. Similarly, Hear O ye mountains, the Eternal’s controversy. 1 Micah:2.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Deuteronomy 32:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

יִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙yimtzaehuhe found itH4672בְּאֶ֣רֶץbeeretzin a land ofH776מִדְבָּ֔רmidbarwildernessH4057וּבְתֹ֖הוּuvetohuand in a wasteland ofH8414יְלֵ֣לyelelhowling ofH3214יְשִׁמֹ֑ןyeshimona desolate placeH3452יְסֹֽבְבֶ֙נְהוּ֙yesoevenhuhe surrounded itH5437יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּyevonehuhe took care of itH995יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּyitzerenhuhe guarded itH5341כְּאִישׁ֥וֹןkeishonlike [the] pupil ofH380עֵינֽוֹ׃einoeye hisH5869

Ramban on Deuteronomy 32:10

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
The expression [ He kept him ] as the apple of His eye. Verse. alludes to watchfulness, the verse stating that G-d watched over him as He would shield “His own eye.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Deuteronomy 32:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

יְהוָ֖הyahwehYahwehH3068בָּדָ֣דbadadaloneH910יַנְחֶ֑נּוּyanchenuhe guided itH5148וְאֵ֥יןveeinand there notH369עִמּ֖וֹimowith himH5973אֵ֥לʾel[was] a god ofH410נֵכָֽר׃nekharforeignnessH5236

Ramban on Deuteronomy 32:12

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
THE ETERNAL ALONE DID LEAD HIM — G-d dwells in Israel securely alone; 45 See further,:28. AND THERE WAS NOT WITH HIM — the pronoun referring either to G-d or Israel — ANY STRANGE GOD.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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