Deuteronomy 33:23

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ולנפתלי וּלְנַפְתָּלִי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

נפתלי

Naphtâlîy

Definition

Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory

Root

from H6617 (פתל); my wrestling;

Exhaustive

from פתל; my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Naphtali.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5321

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Fürst Lexicon

נַפְתָּלִי

noun proper masculine • Root נפתולים • Consonantal / Medium • Page 983

Wrestlings; the name of a tribe of Israel and the district belonging to it.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נַפְתָּלִי

noun proper • Page 452

son of Jacob by Bilhah and progenitor of the tribe of Naphtali (Gen. 30:8, Josh. 19:32-39).

Conjunction, Preposition, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: νεφθαλι νεφθαλιμ κεδεσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5321:

νεφθαλι 45× (86.7%)

νεφθαλιμ 4× (7.7%)

κεδεσ 2× (3.5%)

אמר אָמַר

he has said

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אמר

ʼâmar

Definition

to say (used with great latitude)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H559

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אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Strongs_Numbers • Page 155

1. (not used) to stand prominently upwards, to project upwards, hence to be elevated. 2. to say, to speak, to command; to press out sounds from within.

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Strongs_Numbers • Page 755

to say, speak

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Page 58

1. to say (dico). Differs from דבר (to speak) in that אָמַר is almost uniformly followed by the words spoken (Lev. 1:2; Gen. 44:16). 2. to think. (Speaking and thinking).

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Page 59

To command (Est 1:17, 1 Chr 21:17); to praise (Ps 40:11). Niph.: to be said, to be called holy (Is 4:3). Hiph.: to declare solemnly, to promise (Deut 26:17, 18). Hithpa.: to boast one's self (Ps 94:4), or to exercise dominion.

Verb Qal perfect third person masculine singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0559:

No stats available

נפתלי נַפְתָּלִי

My Twistings ("Naphtali")

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נפתלי

Naphtâlîy

Definition

Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory

Root

from H6617 (פתל); my wrestling;

Exhaustive

from פתל; my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Naphtali.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5321

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Fürst Lexicon

נַפְתָּלִי

noun proper masculine • Root נפתולים • Consonantal / Medium • Page 983

Wrestlings; the name of a tribe of Israel and the district belonging to it.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נַפְתָּלִי

noun proper • Page 452

son of Jacob by Bilhah and progenitor of the tribe of Naphtali (Gen. 30:8, Josh. 19:32-39).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: νεφθαλι νεφθαλιμ κεδεσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5321:

νεφθαλι 45× (86.7%)

νεφθαλιμ 4× (7.7%)

κεδεσ 2× (3.5%)

שבע שְׂבַע

seven

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שבע

sâbêaʻ

Definition

satiated (in a pleasant or disagreeable sense)

Root

from H7646 (שבע);

Exhaustive

from שבע; satiated (in a pleasant or disagreeable sense); full (of), satisfied (with).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7649

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׂבֵעַ

adjective • Strongs / High • Page 1375

Prop. overflowing, overrunning; hence full, satiated, rich (can mean weary of life when applied to days).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׂבֵעַ

m. verbal adj. • Root שבע • Page 633

1. Full, satisfied (Prov. 27:7, 1 Sam. 2:5). 2. Full, tired, or weary of something (Gen. 35:29, Job 42:17, Gen. 25:8).

Adjective adjective both singular construct

LXX: πλήρησ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7649:

πλήρησ 6× (48.9%)

רצון רָצוֹן

goodwill

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

רצון

râtsôwn

Definition

delight (especially as shown)

Root

or רצן; from H7521 (רצה);

Exhaustive

or רצן; from רצה; delight (especially as shown); (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7522

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Fürst Lexicon

רָצוֹן

noun masculine • Root רצה • Strongs / High • Page 1355

good will, favour, grace, kindness, inclination, will, what is acceptable or pleasing.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָצוֹן

m. verbal • Root רצה • Page 628

1. Acceptance, delight, satisfaction. Prov. 14:35, Is. 56:7, Ex. 28:38. 2. What is acceptable, an object of delight. Prov. 11:1, 20. 3. Grace, favour, good-will; e. g. of a king. Prov. 16:15, Ps. 5:13, Is. 49:8.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: δεκτὸν θέλημα δεκτὰ ὡσ ἀρεστὸν

LXX Usage Statistics

H7522:

δεκτὸν 7× (11.4%)

θέλημα 5× (6.8%)

δεκτὰ 4× (6.2%)

ὡσ 3× (5.0%)

ἀρεστὸν 3× (4.3%)

ὑμῖν 3× (4.0%)

εὐδοκίᾳ 3× (3.3%)

εὐδοκίασ 3× (5.0%)

ἐνώπιον 2× (2.3%)

δεκταὶ 2× (3.3%)

ומלא וּמָלֵא

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מלא

mâlêʼ

Definition

full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully

Root

from H4390 (מלא);

Exhaustive

from מלא; full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully; [idiom] she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with), full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4392

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Fürst Lexicon

מָלֵא

verb • Root מלא • Strongs / High • Page 851

To be full, to become full, to exist in richness, abundance, extent, strength; to be satisfied; to be completed, to be over, to be ended; to fill a thing, to occupy it.

מָלֵא

adjective • Root מלא • Strongs / High • Page 851

full.

מָלֵא

adjective / masculine • Root מלא • Strongs / High • Page 852

full; filled with; figuratively, having or possessing in abundance; strong, vehement; rich; aged; abundant; pregnant.

מָלֵא

unknown • Strongs / High • Page 853

See מְלֵא.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָלֵא

verb • Root מלא • Page 375

1. intrans. to be or become full. Josh. 3:15, Gen. 6:13, Judg. 16:27, Job 32:18, Ps. 10:7. Used also (1.) of time, to be fulfilled or completed.

מָלֵא

verb • Root מלא • Page 376

To be full or fulfilled. Examples: her time was fulfilled (Gen. 25:24); for my time is completed (Jer. 29:21); of a desire, to be fulfilled or satisfied (Ex. 15:9). Also transitively: to fill, to make full (Gen. 1:22, Ex. 40:34). Intransitively: to come to an end, to perish (Job 15:32).

מָלֵא

verb • Root מלא • Page 377

3. to satisfy desire, hunger, or the like (Job 38:39, Prov. 6:30). 4. to fulfil a petition (Ps. 20:6), a promise (1 K. 8:15), or a prophecy (1 K. 2:27). 5. to make complete in number (Ex. 23:26, 1 K. 1:14). 6. 'to fill the hand'—to transmit the office of priest (Ex. 28:41). 7. 'to fill one's hand for Jehovah'—to give liberally (1 Chr. 29:5). 8. to set or enchase precious stones (Ex. 28:17). 9. 'to fill one's hand with the bow'—to take the bow into hand (2 K. 9:24). 10. used adverbially for 'fully' (Jer. 4:5). Includes Piel, Pu., and Hithpa. (to assemble in full number).

מָלֵא

verb • Root מלא • Page 377

Full. 1. intrans. 'full price' (Gen. 23:9), 'houses full of every good thing' (Deut. 6:11). As a neuter: 'fullness' (Ps. 73:10). 2. trans. 'filling' (Is. 6:1, Jer. 23:24).

Conjunction, Adjective adjective both singular absolute

LXX: πλήρη πλήρεισ πλήρησ ἐπληρώθη ἀξίῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4392:

πλήρη 25× (39.3%)

πλήρεισ 11× (16.6%)

πλήρησ 10× (15.7%)

ἐπληρώθη 2× (3.1%)

ἀξίῳ 2× (3.1%)

ἐνεπλήσθη 2× (3.1%)

ברכת בִּרְכַּת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ברכה

Bᵉrâkâh

Definition

benediction; by implication prosperity

Root

from H1288 (ברך);

Exhaustive

from ברך; benediction; by implication prosperity; blessing, liberal, pool, present.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1293

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בִּרְכָּה

noun feminine (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 280

Knee (equivalent to Hebrew בֶּרֶךְ)

Matched via consonantal key only

בְּרֵכָה

noun feminine • Root ברך • Consonantal / Medium • Page 281

A pond, for watering gardens; a spring or pool. Includes references to the pools of Gihon and Hebron.

Matched via consonantal key only

בְּרָכָה

adjective • Consonantal / Medium • Page 280

Blessing-dispensing, liberal

Matched via consonantal key only

בְּרָכָה

noun feminine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 280

Blessing, benediction, salvation; the consequence of blessing (prosperity, favor of God)

Matched via consonantal key only

בְּרָכָה

noun proper masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 281

(El is blessing) n. p. m. 1 Chr. 12, 3. Also proper name of a valley in the neighbourhood of Tekoa.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּרֵכָה

f. dec. x. • Page 117

Pond, pool. 2 Sam. 2:13, Ecc. 2:6, Cant. 7:4. Arab. بِرْكَة idem, properly a reservoir of water at which camels kneel to drink.

בְּרָכָה

noun feminine • Root ברך • Page 117

1. A blessing, benediction (Gen. 27:12). 2. A blessing from God (Gen. 49:25). 3. An object of blessing, one blessed (Ps. 21:7, Gen. 12:2). 4. A gift, present, primarily given on occasions of greeting or farewell (Gen. 33:11, 1 Sam. 25:27). 5. Probably peace (2 K. 18:31, Is. 36:16).

Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: εὐλογίαν εὐλογία εὐλογίασ --- εὐλογίαισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1293:

εὐλογίαν 32× (42.9%)

εὐλογία 12× (17.1%)

εὐλογίασ 11× (14.7%)

--- 2× (3.0%)

εὐλογίαισ 2× (2.8%)

εὐλογίᾳ 2× (2.8%)

יהוה יְהוָה

He Is

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יהוה

Yᵉhôvâh

Definition

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

Root

from H1961 (היה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal;

Exhaustive

from היה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יה, יהוה.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3068

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יְהֹוָה

noun masculine • Root יהה • Strongs / High • Page 590

A pre-Mosaic old Semitic name of the supreme God, which was specially revealed for the older אֵל at the establishment of the Mosaic religion, as an abstract of all divine greatness and holiness.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יְהֹוָה

proper name • Page 275

The proper name of the deity among the ancient Hebrews. Interpreted as 'the eternal, unchangeable, true' or 'he who is as he shall be.' The text discusses various ancient pronunciations (IAΩ, IABE, IETΩ) and its derivation from the future of הָיָה.

Noun proper name

LXX: κύριοσ κυρίου κυρίῳ κύριον κύριε

LXX Usage Statistics

H3068:

κύριοσ 2605× (41.8%)

κυρίου 1742× (27.8%)

κυρίῳ 598× (8.8%)

κύριον 473× (7.1%)

κύριε 336× (5.4%)

--- 129× (2.1%)

'' 95× (1.3%)

θεὸσ 76× (1.0%)

θεοῦ 69× (0.9%)

θεῷ 28× (0.4%)

ים יָם

a sea

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ים

yâm

Definition

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south

Root

from an unused root meaning to roar;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3220

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יָם

noun / masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 613

A heap, conflux, or collection of water; a sea. The plural form יַמִּים is also used poetically for the singular. Figuratively, it can refer to a 'sea of clouds' or great rivers such as the Nile and the Euphrates. The construct state is יַם.

יָם

noun / masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 614

Sea, lake; specifically used for bodies of water like the Red Sea, the Jordan, the Mediterranean, and the Dead Sea. Also refers to the west, a large basin (the brazen sea), streams, and figuratively, a mass of people or an army.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָם

m. prim. • Page 284

A sea, an inland sea, or a lake. Specifically: the sea of Chinnereth (Num. 34:11), the Salt sea (Gen. 14:3), the Dead sea (Deut. 3:17), the sea of Reeds/Red sea (Ex. 15:4), and the Great sea/Mediterranean.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: θάλασσαν θαλάσσησ θάλασσα θαλάσσῃ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H3220:

θάλασσαν 144× (32.9%)

θαλάσσησ 126× (29.8%)

θάλασσα 39× (9.2%)

θαλάσσῃ 19× (4.2%)

'' 8× (1.9%)

θαλασσῶν 6× (1.6%)

--- 6× (1.6%)

ὕδωρ 6× (1.5%)

ἐρυθρὰν 5× (1.1%)

pεἰσ 4× (1.1%)

ודרום וְדָרוֹם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

דרום

dârôwm

Definition

the south; poet. the south wind

Root

of uncertain derivation;

Exhaustive

of uncertain derivation; the south; poet. the south wind; south.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1864

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דָּרוֹם

noun / masculine • Root דרם • Strongs / High • Page 377

the south, the meridian region, as the region of light or the sun; the south-wind.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דָּרוֹם

noun masculine • Page 173

1. The south, or south country (Ezek. 40: 24, 42: 12, Ecc. 1: 6). 2. The south wind (Job 37: 17).

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: νότον ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H1864:

νότον 10× (59.1%)

--- 3× (19.2%)

ירשהס יְרָשָׁה׃ס

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ירש

yârash

Definition

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

Root

or ירש; a primitive root;

Exhaustive

or ירש; a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin; cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, [idiom] utterly.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3423

p

Definition

paragogic

Root

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9012

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יָרַשׁ

verb • Root ירש • Strongs / High • Page 653

to drive, to drive forth, to chase away, to take away, with the additional idea of taking possession of what belongs to the expelled.

יָרַשׁ

verb • Root ירש • Strongs / High • Page 653

To take, seize, snatch to oneself, take possession of (by force), conquer; to possess, inhabit; to inherit, be heir of.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָרַשׁ

verb • Page 300

To take into possession, possess, inherit, or dispossess. Core meanings: 1. To take into possession (Deut. 1:8, 21). 2. To possess (Lev. 25:46, Ps. 25:13). 3. To inherit (Gen. 21:10). 4. To drive from a possession, to dispossess (Deut. 2:12). Includes Niph. (to become poor, Gen 45:11), Pi. (to take into possession; to deprive), and Hiph. (to give for a possession; to take into possession; to drive from a possession, Ex. 34:24).

Verb Qal imperative second person masculine singular, Suffix paragogic he

LXX: κληρονομῆσαι κληρονομήσει κληρονομήσουσιν ἐξῆρεν ἐκληρονόμησαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3423:

κληρονομῆσαι 27× (12.4%)

κληρονομήσει 12× (5.4%)

κληρονομήσουσιν 10× (4.2%)

ἐξῆρεν 9× (4.1%)

ἐκληρονόμησαν 9× (3.7%)

ἐξωλέθρευσεν 7× (3.0%)

κατακληρονομῆσαι 7× (2.9%)

αὐτοὺσ 7× (2.6%)

--- 7× (3.2%)

ἐκληρονόμησεν 6× (2.4%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And to Naphtali he said, Naphtali satisfied with acceptance, and filled with the blessing of Jehovah, he shall possess the sea and the south.

LITV Translation:
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with good will and full of the blessing of Jehovah; possess the west and the south.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And to Naphtali he said, Naphtali has the fullness of good things; And let him be filled with blessing from the Lord: He shall inherit the west and the south.