What Does Deuteronomy 32:14 Mean in the King James?
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Milk and fat share the same Hebrew consonants, making abundance sound like nourishment turning into richness.
THE MEANING
You are met with a table of abundance: milk, rich meat, wheat’s choicest portion, and wine. Nourishment reaches beyond bare survival into fullness and enjoyment.
THE ROOT
חָלָב
ḥālāv
GROWS FROM
חלב
Richness and fatness; the fat or choicest portion.
The words for milk and fat share the consonants ח־ל־ב, linking two forms of nourishment in the verse’s sound. The table moves from what sustains you to what is rich and choice, so abundance is felt as fullness rather than mere supply.
ALSO GROWS
ḥālāv: Milk
חָלָב
It names direct nourishment and appears alongside the other rich foods in the verse.
ḥēlev: Fat; by extension, the richest or choicest portion
חֵלֶב
It describes the rich share of the lambs, rams, goats, and wheat, echoing the consonants of “milk.”
THE PATTERN
Abundance is pictured as nourishment that reaches both bodily need and gladness.
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.THE THREAD
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.Exodus describes abundance with חָלָב (ḥālāv, milk), the same word that appears beside חֵלֶב (ḥēlev, fat or choicest portion) in this verse. The shared consonants connect the land’s nourishment with the rich portions on this table.
Read the SDV Bible.
Every verse has a Deep Dive in the app.
The iPhone Bible app with the Selah Decoded Version.
Does something in this reading look wrong? Tell us