The Meaning of Deuteronomy 8:7 Explained

Deuteronomy 8:7

KJV: For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

YLT: 'For Jehovah thy God is bringing thee in unto a good land, a land of brooks of waters, of fountains, and of depths coming out in valley and in mountain:

Darby: For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of water-brooks, of springs, and of deep waters, that gush forth in the valleys and hills;

ASV: For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For the LORD  thy God  bringeth  thee into a good  land,  a land  of brooks  of water,  of fountains  and depths  that spring out  of valleys  and hills; 

What does Deuteronomy 8:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 8:1-20 - Beware Of Forgetting God
"Thou shalt remember," Deuteronomy 8:2; "thou shalt consider," Deuteronomy 8:5; "thou shalt bless," Deuteronomy 8:10.
The lessons of hunger, Deuteronomy 8:1-9 : "Suffered to hunger." "Blessed are they that hunger." "Man doth not live by bread only;" he hungers for knowledge, opportunity, society, love. How many wan faces around us bear witness to the gnawing within. But the Father suffered His Son to fast; and so he deals with us, to prove us. It is only through the discipline of the soul, in learning to go without, that it can be trusted with spiritual opulence and power. See Deuteronomy 8:7-9.
The perils of prosperity, Deuteronomy 8:10-20 : It is harder to walk with God in the sunshine of success than in the nipping frosts of failure. When Paul said, "I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound," he put the hardest last. The one secret is to give all the glory to God, and to look always to the Cross, where we were crucified to the pride of the flesh, Philippians 2:7-11; Philippians 4:12. "I lay in dust life's glory dead!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 8

1  An exhortation to obedience in regard to God's mercy and goodness to Israel

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 8:7 mean?

For Yahweh your God is bringing you into a land good a land of brooks of water of fountains and springs that flow out of valleys and hills
כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ מְבִֽיאֲךָ֖ אֶל־ אֶ֣רֶץ טוֹבָ֑ה אֶ֚רֶץ נַ֣חֲלֵי מָ֔יִם עֲיָנֹת֙ וּתְהֹמֹ֔ת יֹצְאִ֥ים בַּבִּקְעָ֖ה וּבָהָֽר

יְהוָ֣ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
מְבִֽיאֲךָ֖  is  bringing  you 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֶל־  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אֶ֣רֶץ  a  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
טוֹבָ֑ה  good 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
אֶ֚רֶץ  a  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
נַ֣חֲלֵי  of  brooks 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: נַחַל 
Sense: torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley.
מָ֔יִם  of  water 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
עֲיָנֹת֙  of  fountains 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
וּתְהֹמֹ֔ת  and  springs 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common plural
Root: תְּהֹום  
Sense: deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea.
יֹצְאִ֥ים  that  flow  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
בַּבִּקְעָ֖ה  of  valleys 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בִּקְעָה  
Sense: valley.
וּבָהָֽר  and  hills 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.