זָבַ֤ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 זָבַ֤ת

   za-VAT

   flowing
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 זָבַ֤ת חָלָב֙

   za-VAT kha-LAV

   flowing milk
3. clause🔊 לְבִלְתִּי֩ הָבִ֨יא אוֹתָ֜ם אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֗תִּי זָבַ֤ת חָלָב֙ וּדְבַ֔שׁ צְבִ֥י הִ֖יא לְכָל־הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃

   le-vil-TI ha-VI o-TAM el-ha-A-rets a-sher-na-TI za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT

   to not, so as not to bring them to the land which I gave flowing milk and honey splendor or beauty she is or it is for all the lands
4. sentence🔊 וְגַם־אֲנִ֗י נָשָּׂ֧אתִי יָדִ֛י לָהֶ֖ם בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר לְבִלְתִּי֩ הָבִ֨יא אוֹתָ֜ם אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֗תִּי זָבַ֤ת חָלָב֙ וּדְבַ֔שׁ צְבִ֥י הִ֖יא לְכָל־הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃

   ve-GAM-a-NI na-SA-ti YA-di la-HEM ba-mid-BAR le-vil-TI ha-VI o-TAM el-ha-A-rets a-sher-na-TI za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT

   and also I I lifted up or I raised my hand to them in the wilderness to not, so as not to bring them to the land which I gave flowing milk and honey splendor or beauty she is or it is for all the lands

Exegesis

The construct phrase zavat chalav udevash {זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ | zā-ˈḇaṯ ḥā-ˈlāḇ ū-ḏə-ˈvāš} ‘flowing with milk and honey’ uses a merism of bounty, and the copular phrase tzevi hi {צְבִי הִיא | ṣə-ˈḇî hî} ‘it is splendor’ underscores the land’s preeminence. The translation renders Hebrew purpose and relative clauses in clear English while preserving the oath’s force and the vivid imagery of abundance.