What Does Deuteronomy 32:44 Mean in the King James?

And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

Deuteronomy 32:44 · KJV

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

The song reaches the people as spoken matter, entering their ears through Moses, the drawn-out one, and Hoshea, named for deliverance.

THE MEANING

The whole song reaches you as words spoken into the ears of a people. Moses and Hoshea stand together as its message passes from voice into shared hearing.

THE ROOT

דִּבְרֵי

divrei

GROWS FROM

ד־ב־ר

d-b-r

Speak; a word or matter that is spoken or expressed.

The Hebrew for “words” shares its root with the verb “to speak,” and davar can also mean a matter or thing. The song’s words carry its substance into the people’s hearing.

ALSO GROWS

davar: Word, matter, or thing.

דָּבָר

This branch shows that the song’s words carry its expressed matter, not only its sound.

dibber: Spoke.

דִּבֵּר

This verb shares the seed of “words,” joining what is spoken to the substance the people hear.

הוֹשֵׁעַ

Hoshea

GROWS FROM

י־שׁ־ע

y-sh-ʿ

Deliver, bring out.

Hoshea’s name carries the nature of deliverance. Beside the song, it holds the movement of being brought out within the names of those who speak it.

ALSO GROWS

yasha: Deliver, bring out.

יָשַׁע

This verb is the seed carried in Hoshea’s name.

yeshuah: Deliverance.

יְשׁוּעָה

This noun makes explicit the deliverance held in the name Hoshea.

מֹשֶׁה

Moshe

GROWS FROM

מ־שׁ־ה

m-sh-h

Draw out.

Moses’ name carries the nature of one drawn out. Beside Hoshea, named for deliverance, it places being drawn out and deliverance alongside the song’s passage into the people’s ears.

ALSO GROWS

mashah: Draw out.

מָשָׁה

This verb is the root named in Moses’ name.

Moshe: Moses; the one drawn out.

מֹשֶׁה

The name itself carries the root’s movement into the scene.

THE PATTERN

A message becomes shared when spoken words enter the hearing of a people.

And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.

Deuteronomy 31:30 · KJVThe song reaches the whole congregation through spoken words received by the ear.

Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Psalm 78:1 · KJVThe words of a speaker are offered to a people through their hearing.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Romans 10:17 · KJVHearing is the path by which the word reaches those who receive it.

THE THREAD

But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

Deuteronomy 30:14 · KJV

“Words” here and “word” there share the Hebrew root ⁨ד־ב־ר⁩ (d-b-r), davar: speech and its matter. The thread opens from the people’s ears to the word near the mouth and heart, ready to be done.

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