Jeremiah 32:22
Then you gave them this land—which you had sworn to their ancestors to give to them—a land flowing with milk and honey.This verse in the real world
In what words
- חָלָבchâlâbmilk (as the richness of kine)
- זוּבzûwbto flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to w
- שָׁבַעshâbaʻto seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
- אָבʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- נָתַןnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Exo 3:8, Exo 13:5, Jer 11:5, Deu 1:8, Psa 105:9–11, Exo 3:17, Deu 26:9–11, Deu 6:10