Deuteronomy 11:5

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

and what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place;

World English Bible · Public Domain

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בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר

midbâr

H4057

“in/at the · wilderness”

Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

Appears 271× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 14:6

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H1696 in the sense of driving

TWOT: 399k , 399 L

wilderness - pasture - uninhabited land, wilderness - large tracts of wilderness (around cities) - wilderness (figuratively) - mouth - mouth (as organ of speech)

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

9: words
7: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
2 nouns
1 pronoun
3 prepositions
1 particle

Verb forms

עָשָׂ֛ה Qal · Perfect
בֹּאֲכֶ֖ם Qal · Infinitive Construct

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

עַד until H5704 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 15 words from the Hebrew and 18 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 9 Hebrew tokens and 13 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Deuteronomy 11:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Psalms 77:20 You led your people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Psalms 78:14–72 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, And all night with a light of fire.
Psalms 105:39–41 He spread a cloud for a covering, Fire to give light in the night.
Psalms 106:12–48 Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Deuteronomy 11:5 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֛ה לָכֶ֖ם בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר עַד בֹּאֲכֶ֖ם עַד הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה

and what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place;

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Deuteronomy 11:5 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὅσος ποιέω σύ ἐν ὁ ἔρημος ἕως ἔρχομαι εἰς ὁ τόπος οὗτος

and all the things which he did to you in the wilderness until you⌃ came into this place;

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

On this verse, John Gill's Exposition discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וְדִי עֲבַד לְכוֹן בְּמַדְבְּרָא עַד מֵיתֵיכוֹן עַד אַתְרָא הָדֵין

(no public-domain English translation for this verse)

Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּדְעָבַד לְכוֹן בְּמַדְבְּרָא עַד זְמַן מֵיתֵיכוֹן עַד אַתְרָא הָדֵין

and what He hath done to you in the wilderness till the time that you came to this place;

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Deuteronomy 11:5 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Deu 11:5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;

Ver. 5. And what he did unto you.] A diary should be diligently kept of what God does for us, {Psa 102:18} for the help of our slippery memories, and the stirring up of our dull hearts to a contention in godliness.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

As well concerning his benefits, as his corrections.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

5. unto this place] Deu_1:31.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came unto this place. Meaning not so much the good things he did for them in divers places, as the chastisements and corrections he had exercised them with for their murmurings, rebellions, idolatry, and uncleanness, as at Taberah, Kibrothhattaavah, on the coast of Edom, and plains of Moab; by fire, by sword, by plagues, and fiery serpents; the instances both before and after being of this sort.

And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came unto this place. Meaning not so much the good things he did for them in divers places, as the chastisements and corrections he had exercised them with for their murmurings, rebellions, idolatry, and uncleanness, as at Taberah, Kibrothhattaavah, on the coast of Edom, and plains of Moab; by fire, by sword, by plagues, and fiery serpents; the instances both before and after being of this sort.

Deuteronomy 11:6

deu 11:6

deu 11:6

deu 11:6And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben,.... When they with Korah and his company quarrelled with Moses and Aaron about the priesthood, Num 16:1, how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up; the history of which see in Num 16:30.

and their households and their tents; not their houses and their tents, as the Septuagint and some other versions; for though the word signifies houses, and is often used for them, yet here it must signify families, their wives, and children; since they had no houses, but dwelt in tents, all which were swallowed up with them:

and all the substance that was in their possession; gold, silver, cattle, household goods, and whatever they were possessed of:

or was at their feet (c); or which followed them, their living creatures; or was for them, as Aben Ezra interprets it; for, their use, service, and necessity: and this was done

in the midst of all Israel; openly and publicly, they beholding it, as follows; and therefore should be rendered, "before all Israel" (d); and, besides, the tents of Dathan and Abiram, Reubenites, were not in the midst of Israel.

(c) "quae erat in pedibus eorum", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus. (d) "coram omni Israele", Noldius, p. 212. No. 975.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Pulpit Commentary

What he did unto yon in the wilderness. The doings of God to the people in the wilderness comprehend the manifestations of his omnipotence, both in their guidance and protection, and in the punishment of those who transgressed. One instance of the latter is expressly referred to the destruction of those who joined in the insurrection of Korah. (cf. Num_16:31-33) Moses does not mention Korah himself here, but only his accomplices Dathan and Abiram, probably, as Keil suggests, "from regard to his sons, who were not swallowed up by the earth along with their father, but had lived to perpetuate the family of Korah;" perhaps also because, though Korah was at the head of the insurrection, Dathan and Abiram were the more determined, audacious, and obdurate in their rebellion, (cf. Num_16:12-15, Num_16:25, Num_16:26) so that it came to be named from them.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Deuteronomy, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 9 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is midbâr (“wilderness”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “wilderness” (midbâr) contribute to the verse as a whole?
Psalms 77:20 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
“until” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
The verb «עָשָׂ֛ה» is Qal Perfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 9 Hebrew ↔ 13 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 1 word in this verse.
“until” occurs 2× in this single verse.
7 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 9 words in this verse.