Deuteronomy 28:13
Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail. You will be above only, and you will not be beneath, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you today, to observe and to do,This verse in the real world
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- זָנָבzânâbthe tail (literally or figuratively)
- מַטָּהmaṭṭâhdownward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
- מַעַלmaʻalproperly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from
- מִצְוָהmitsvâha command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
- צָוָהtsâvâh(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- שָׁמַרshâmarproperly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, e
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively,
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.