Deuteronomy 28:23
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.”
שָׁמַיִם
Heaven, sky. Shamayim. The visible sky and the spiritual realm where God dwells. God inhabits eternity but also dwells with the humble and contrite in spirit.
בַּרְזֶל
iron
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בַּרְזֶל
Iron. Barzel. Iron sharpens iron. Difficult relationships and challenging conversations make us sharper. God uses friction to refine us.
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עַל
are over
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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נְחֹשֶׁת
bronze
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נְחֹשֶׁת
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
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רֹאשׁ
head/ your
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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תַּחַת
is under/ you
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תַּחַת
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
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