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Lexicon :: Strong's H2461 - ḥālāḇ

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חָלָב
Transliteration
ḥālāḇ
Pronunciation
khaw-lawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as חֵלֶב (H2459)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 650a

Strong’s Definitions

חָלָב châlâb, khaw-lawb'; from the same as H2459; milk (as the richness of kine):— cheese, milk, sucking.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H2461 in the following manner: milk (42x), cheeses (1x), sucking (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H2461 in the following manner: milk (42x), cheeses (1x), sucking (1x).

  1. milk, sour milk, cheese

    1. milk

    2. abundance of the land (metaph.)

    3. white (as milk)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלָב châlâb, khaw-lawb'; from the same as H2459; milk (as the richness of kine):— cheese, milk, sucking.
STRONGS H2461: Abbreviations
† חָלָב noun masculine milk (Late Hebrew id. (and verb denominative); Aramaic חַלָבָּא, axblfo, Phoenician חלב; Arabic حَليبً noun fresh milk, حَلَبَ verb milk; Assyrian alibu, milk, see DlPr 174; Ethiopic ሐሊብ፡) — ח׳ absolute Genesis 18:18 + 35 times + Ezekiel 34:3 (see below); construct חֲלֵב Exodus 23:19 + 5 times; suffix חֲלָבִי Songs 5:1, חֲלָבֵךְ Ezekiel 25:4; — milk:
a. as common food Genesis 18:8 (J; distinct from חֶמְאָה curd, which see), חֲלֵב צאֹן Deuteronomy 32:14 (poetry; distinct from חֶמְאַת בָּקָר); in Judges 5:25 חָלָב is used parallel with חֶמְאָה; elsewhere חֶמְאָה seems to be produced from חָלָב : — מִיץ חָלָב יוֺצִיא חֶמְאָה Proverbs 30:33 a pressing (squeezing) of milk produces curd; מֵרֹב עֲשׂוֺת חָלָב יאֹכַל חֶמְאָה Isaiah 7:22 because of abundant yield of milk he shall eat curd; compare also חֲרִצֵי הֶחָלָב 1 Samuel 17:18 cuts of milk, i.e. cheeses; it was received in buckets or pails (עֲטִינָיו) Job 21:24 (see Ew De Di VB), and kept in skins (נאֹוד ח׳) Judges 4:19; men drank it (שׁתה) Ezekiel 25:4 (compare השׁקה Judges 4:19), but also ate it (אכל), if emendation הֶחָלָב Ezekiel 34:3 (for הַחֵלֶב) is right, Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Bo Hi-Sm Co, and others; it was poured out, see simile of formation of the embryo תַּתִּיכֵנִי הֲלֹא כֶח׳ Job 10:10 hast thou not poured me out like milk? specifically
(1) חֲלֵב עִזִּים לְלַחְמְךָ Proverbs 27:27 milk of goats for thy food (RSSemitic i. 204).
(2) with אֵם mother's milk: of kid לֹאתְֿבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֺ Exodus 23:19 = Exodus 34:26 (JE) = Deuteronomy 14:21, compare טְלֵה ח׳ 1 Samuel 7:9 sucking lamb (for sacrifice); but also of human beings גְּמוּלֵי מֵח׳ Isaiah 28:9 weaned from milk (|| עַתִּיקֵי מִשָּׁדָ֫יִם); figurative in promise to Zion וְיָנַקְתְּ חֲלֵב גּוֺיִם Isaiah 60:16 and thou shalt suck the milk of nations (|| תִּינָ֑קִי וְשֹׁד מְלָכִים).
(3) ח׳ with wine, as especially delicacy Songs 5:1 (see De), figurative of י׳''s choicest blessings Isaiah 55:1.
(4) often in phrase of productiveness of land of Canaan (דְּבַשׁ) זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָ֫שׁ flowing with milk and honey Exodus 3:8, 17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 33:3; Numbers 13:27; Numbers 14:8; Numbers 16:13, 14 (all J E), Leviticus 20:24 (H), Deuteronomy 6:3; Deuteronomy 11:9; Deuteronomy 26:9, 15; Deuteronomy 27:3; Deuteronomy 31:20; Joshua 5:6; Jeremiah 11:5; Jeremiah 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6, 15; in Messianic time the hills תֵּלַכְנָה ח׳ Joel 4:18 (|| יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס); figurative of charms of loved one תַּחַת לְשׁוֺנֵךְ דְּבַשׁ וְח׳ Songs 4:12 honey and milk are under thy tongue.
b. milk as white לְבֶןשִֿׁנַּיִם מֵח׳ Genesis 49:12 white of teeth, from milk; צַחוּ מֵח׳ Lamentations 4:7 they were whiter than milk (|| זַכּוּ מִשֶּׁלֶג); so also probably of eyes (iris) רֹחֲצוֺת בֶּח׳ Songs 5:12 bathed in milk, i.e. the white of the eye. — On milk as not used by Israel in sacrifice see RSSemitic 204.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:8; 18:18; 49:12

Exodus

3:8; 3:17; 13:5; 23:19; 23:19; 33:3; 34:26

Leviticus

20:24

Numbers

13:27; 14:8; 16:13; 16:14

Deuteronomy

6:3; 11:9; 14:21; 26:9; 26:15; 27:3; 31:20; 32:14

Joshua

5:6

Judges

4:19; 4:19; 5:25

1 Samuel

7:9; 17:18

Job

10:10; 21:24

Proverbs

27:27; 30:33

Song of Songs

4:12; 5:1; 5:1; 5:12

Isaiah

7:22; 28:9; 55:1; 60:16

Jeremiah

11:5; 32:22

Lamentations

4:7

Ezekiel

20:6; 20:15; 25:4; 25:4; 34:3; 34:3

H2461

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2461 matches the Hebrew חָלָב (ḥālāḇ),
which occurs 44 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 - “His eyes H5869 are [fn]dull H2447 from wine, H3196
And his teeth H8127 [fn]white H3836 from milk. H2461

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - “So I have come H3381 down H3381 to deliver H5337 them from the [fn]power H3027 of the Egyptians, H4714 and to bring H5927 them up from that land H776 to a good H2896 and spacious H7342 land, H776 to a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 to the place H4725 of the Canaanite H3669 and the Hittite H2850 and the Amorite H567 and the Perizzite H6522 and the Hivite H2340 and the Jebusite. H2983

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - “So I said, H559 I will bring H5927 you up out of the affliction H6040 of Egypt H4714 to the land H776 of the Canaanite H3669 and the Hittite H2850 and the Amorite H567 and the Perizzite H6522 and the Hivite H2340 and the Jebusite, H2983 to a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey.”’ H1706

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - “It shall be when H3588 the LORD H3068 brings H935 you to the land H776 of the Canaanite, H3669 the Hittite, H2850 the Amorite, H567 the Hivite H2340 and the Jebusite, H2983 which H834 He swore H7650 to your fathers H1 to give H5414 you, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 that you shall [fn]observe H5647 this H2088 rite H5656 in this H2088 month. H2320

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - “You shall bring H935 the choice H7225 first H1061 fruits H1061 of your soil H127 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God. H430 “You are not to boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in the milk H2461 of its mother. H517

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - “Go up to a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey; H1706 for I will not go H5927 up in your midst, H7130 because H3588 you are [fn]an obstinate H7186 H6203 people, H5971 and I might H6435 destroy H3615 you on the way.” H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - “You shall bring H935 the very first H7225 of the first H1061 fruits H1061 of your soil H127 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God. H430 “You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother’s H517 milk.” H2461

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:24 - ‘Hence I have said H559 to you, “You are to possess H3423 their land, H127 and I Myself H589 will give H5414 it to you to possess H3423 it, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey.” H1706 I am the LORD H3068 your God, H430 who H834 has separated H914 you from the peoples. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:27 - Thus they told H5608 him, and said, H559 “We went H935 in to the land H776 where H834 you sent H7971 us; and it certainly H1571 does flow H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 and this H2088 is its fruit. H6529

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - “If H518 the LORD H3068 is pleased H2654 with us, then He will bring H935 us into this H2088 land H776 and give H5414 it to us—a land H776 which H834 flows H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - “Is it [fn]not enough H4592 that you have brought H5927 us up out of a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706 to have us die H4191 in the wilderness, H4057 but you would also H1571 lord H8323 it over H5921 us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - “Indeed, H637 you have not brought H935 us into a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 nor H3808 have you given H5414 us an inheritance H5159 of fields H7704 and vineyards. H3754 Would you [fn]put H5365 out the eyes H5869 of [fn]these H1992 men? H376 We will not come H5927 up!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - “O Israel, H3478 you should listen H8085 and [fn]be careful H8104 to do H6213 it, that it may be well H3190 with you and that you may multiply H7235 greatly, H3966 just H834 as the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of your fathers, H1 has promised H1696 you, in a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - so that you may prolong H748 your days H3117 on the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 swore H7650 to your fathers H1 to give H5414 to them and to their [fn]descendants, H2233 a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - “You shall not eat H398 anything H3605 which H5038 dies H5038 of itself. You may give H5414 it to the alien H1616 who H834 is in your [fn]town, H8179 so that he may eat H398 it, or H176 you may sell H4376 it to a foreigner, H5237 for you are a holy H6918 people H5971 to the LORD H3068 your God. H430 You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother’s H517 milk. H2461

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 - and He has brought H935 us to this H2088 place H4725 and has given H5414 us this H2088 land, H776 a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - ‘Look H8259 down H8259 from Your holy H6944 habitation, H4583 from heaven, H8064 and bless H1288 Your people H5971 Israel, H3478 and the ground H127 which H834 You have given H5414 us, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 as You swore H7650 to our fathers.’ H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - and write H3789 on them all H3605 the words H1697 of this H2088 law, H8451 when you cross H5674 over, H5674 so H4616 that you may enter H935 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 gives H5414 you, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 as the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of your fathers, H1 [fn]promised H1696 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - “For when I bring H935 them into the land H127 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 which H834 I swore H7650 to their fathers, H1 and they have eaten H398 and are satisfied H7646 and become H1878 [fn]prosperous, H1878 then they will turn H6437 to other H312 gods H430 and serve H5647 them, and spurn H5006 Me and break H6565 My covenant. H1285

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 - Curds H2529 of cows, H1241 and milk H2461 of the flock, H6629
With fat H2459 of lambs, H3733
And rams, H352 the breed H1121 of Bashan, H1316 and goats, H6260
With the finest H2459 H3629 of the wheat H2406—
And of the blood H1818 of grapes H6025 you drank H8354 wine. H2561

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - For the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 walked H1980 forty H705 years H8141 in the wilderness, H4057 until H5704 all H3605 the nation, H1471 that is, the men H376 of war H4421 who came H3318 out of Egypt, H4714 [fn]perished H8552 because H834 they did not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of the LORD, H3068 to whom H834 the LORD H3068 had sworn H7650 that He would not let them see H7200 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 had sworn H7650 to their fathers H1 to give H5414 us, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - He said H559 to her, “Please H4994 give H8248 me a little H4592 water H4325 to drink, H8248 for I am thirsty.” H6770 So she opened H6605 a [fn]bottle H4997 of milk H2461 and gave H8248 him a drink; H8248 then she covered H3680 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 - “He asked H7592 for water H4325 and she gave H5414 him milk; H2461
In a magnificent H117 bowl H5602 she brought H7126 him curds. H2529

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - Samuel H8050 took H3947 a suckling H2461 lamb H2924 and offered H5927 it for a whole H3632 burnt H5930 offering H5930 to the LORD; H3068 and Samuel H8050 cried H2199 to the LORD H3068 for Israel H3478 and the LORD H3068 answered H6030 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18 - “Bring H935 also these H428 ten H6235 cuts H2757 of cheese H2461 to the commander H8269 of their thousand, H505 and look H6485 into the welfare H7965 of your brothers, H251 and bring H3947 back [fn]news H6161 of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:10 - ‘Did You not pour H5413 me out like milk H2461
And curdle H7087 me like cheese; H1385

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:24 - His [fn]sides H5845 are filled H4390 out with fat, H2459
And the marrow H4221 of his bones H6106 is moist, H8248

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:27 - And there will be goats’ H5795 milk H2461 enough H1767 for your food, H3899
For the food H3899 of your household, H1004
And sustenance H2416 for your maidens. H5291

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 - For the [fn]churning H4330 of milk H2461 produces H3318 butter, H2529
And pressing H4330 the nose H639 brings H3318 forth H3318 blood; H1818
So the [fn]churning H4330 of anger H639 produces H3318 strife. H7379

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - “Your lips, H8193 my bride, H3618 drip H5197 honey; H5317
Honey H1706 and milk H2461 are under H8478 your tongue, H3956
And the fragrance H7381 of your garments H8008 is like the fragrance H7381 of Lebanon. H3844

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - “[fn]I have come H935 into my garden, H1588 my sister, H269 my bride; H3618
I have gathered H717 my myrrh H4753 along H5973 with my balsam. H1314
I have eaten H398 my honeycomb H3293 [fn]and my honey; H1706
I have drunk H8354 my wine H3196 [fn]and my milk. H2461
Eat, H398 friends; H7453
Drink H8354 and [fn]imbibe H7937 deeply, H7937 O lovers.” H1730

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - “His eyes H5869 are like doves H3123
Beside H5921 streams H650 of water, H4325
Bathed H7364 in milk, H2461
And [fn]reposed H3427 in their setting. H4402

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:22 - and because H4480 of the abundance H7230 of the milk H2461 produced H6213 he will eat H398 curds, H2529 for everyone H3605 that is left H3498 within H7130 the land H776 will eat H398 curds H2529 and honey. H1706

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - “To whom H4310 would He teach H3384 knowledge, H1844
And to whom H4310 would He interpret H995 the message? H8052
Those just weaned H1580 from milk? H2461
Those just taken H6267 from the breast? H7699

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - “Ho! H1945 Every H3605 one H3605 who thirsts, H6771 come H1980 to the waters; H4325
And you who H834 have H369 no H369 [fn]money H3701 come, H1980 buy H7666 and eat. H398
Come, H1980 buy H7666 wine H3196 and milk H2461
Without H3808 money H3701 and without H3808 cost. H4242

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - “You will also suck H3243 the milk H2461 of nations H1471
And suck H3243 the breast H7699 of kings; H4428
Then you will know H3045 that I, the LORD, H3068 am your Savior H3467
And your Redeemer, H1350 the Mighty H46 One H46 of Jacob. H3290

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - in order H4616 to confirm H6965 the oath H7621 which H834 I swore H7650 to your forefathers, H1 to give H5414 them a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 as it is this H2088 day.”’” H3117 Then I said, H559 “Amen, H543 O LORD.” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:22 - and gave H5414 them this H2088 land, H776 which H834 You swore H7650 to their forefathers H1 to give H5414 them, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Her [fn]consecrated H5139 ones H5139 were purer H2141 than H4480 snow, H7950
They were whiter H6705 than H4480 milk; H2461
They were more H4480 ruddy H119 in [fn]body H6106 than H4480 corals, H6443
Their polishing H1508 was like [fn]lapis H5601 lazuli. H5601

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - on that day H3117 I swore H5375 H3027 to them, to bring H3318 them out from the land H776 of Egypt H4714 into a land H776 that I had [fn]selected H8446 for them, flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 which H1931 is the glory H6643 of all H3605 lands. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - “Also H1571 I swore H5375 H3027 to them in the wilderness H4057 that I would not bring H935 them into the land H776 which H834 I had given H5414 them, flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 which H1931 is the glory H6643 of all H3605 lands, H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - therefore, H3651 behold, H2009 I am going to give H5414 you to the sons H1121 of the east H6924 for a possession, H4181 and they will set H3427 their encampments H2918 among you and make H5414 their dwellings H4908 among you; they will eat H398 your fruit H6529 and drink H8354 your milk. H2461

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - And in that day H3117
The mountains H2022 will drip H5197 with [fn]sweet H6071 wine, H6071
And the hills H1389 will flow H1980 with milk, H2461
And all H3605 the brooks H650 of Judah H3063 will flow H1980 with water; H4325
And a spring H4599 will go H3318 out from the house H1004 of the LORD H3068
To water H8248 the valley H5158 of [fn]Shittim. H7851
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