## Onkelos Deuteronomy Chapter 8

###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:1
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:1)

כָּל תַּפְקֶדְתָּא דִּי אֲנָא מְפַקְּדָךְ יוֹמָא דֵין תִּטְּרוּן לְמֶעְבָּד בְּדִיל דְּתֵיחוּן וְתִסְגּוּן וְתֵיתוּן וְתֵירְתוּן יָת אַרְעָא דִּי קַיִּים יְיָ לַאֲבָהָתְכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The entire *mitzvah* that I am commanding you today, are you to guard so as to fulfill; in order that you live and multiply and arrive to inherit the land that Adonoy swore to your forefathers.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:2
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:2)

וְתִדְכַּר יָת כָּל אָרְחָא דִּי דַבְּרָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ דְּנַן אַרְבְּעִין שְׁנִין בְּמַדְבְּרָא בְּדִיל לְעַנָּיוּתָךְ לְנַסָּיוּתָךְ לְמִדַּע יָת דִּי בְלִבָּךְ הֲתִטַּר פִּקּוּדוֹהִי אִם לָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You are to recall the entire way on which Adonoy, your God, led you these forty years in the wilderness; in order to oppress you, to test you, to know what is in your heart—will you guard His commandments or not?


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:3
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:3)

וְעַנְּיָךְ וְאַכְפָּנָךְ וְאוֹכָלָךְ יָת מַנָּא דִּי לָא יְדַעְתָּא וְלָא יָדְעוּן אֲבָהָתָיךְ בְּדִיל לְאוֹדָעוּתָךְ אֲרֵי לָא עַל לַחְמָא בִלְחוֹדוֹהִי מִתְקַיַּם אֱנָשָׁא אֲרֵי עַל כָּל אַפָּקוּת מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ יִתְקַיַּם אֱנָשָׁא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He oppressed you and made you hungry, and He fed you the *mon* that neither you knew nor your forefathers knew, in order to inform you that not by bread alone does man live, rather by the entire expression of Adonoy’s word does man live.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:4
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:4)

כְּסוּתָךְ לָא אִבְלִיאַת מִנָּךְ וּמְסָנָךְ לָא יְחֵפוּ דְּנַן אַרְבְּעִין שְׁנִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Your garment did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:5
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:5)

וְתִדַּע עִם לִבָּךְ אֲרֵי כְּמָא דִי מְאַלֵּף גַּבְרָא יָת בְּרֵיהּ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ מְאַלֵּף לָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You will know with your heart that the way a man trains his son does Adonoy, your God, train you.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:6
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:6)

וְתִטַּר יָת פִּקּוּדַיָּא דַּיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לִמְהַךְ בְּאָרְחַן דְּתַקְנָן קֳדָמוֹהִי וּלְמִדְחַל יָתֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You are to guard the commandments of Adonoy, your God, to go in His ways and to fear Him.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:7
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:7)

אֲרֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ מַעֲלָךְ לְאַרְעָא טַבְתָא אַרְעָא נָגְדָא נַחֲלִין דְּמַיִּין מַבּוּעֵי עֵינָיָן וּתְהוֹמִין נָפְקִין בְּבִקְעָן וּבְטוּרִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For Adonoy, your God, is bringing you to a good land, a land with streams of water, springs and groundwater that emerge in valley and hill.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:8
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:8)

אַרְעָא חִטִּין וְסַעֲרִין וְגוּפְנִין וּתְאֵנִין וְרִמּוֹנִין אַרְעָא דְּזֵיתָהָא **עָבְדִין מִשְׁחָא וְהִיא עָבְדָא** דְבָשׁ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A land of wheat and barley, and grapes and figs and pomegranates; a land of olives [**yeilding oil**] and [**producing**] honey.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:9
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:9)

אַרְעָא דִּי לָא בְעִצּוּרִין תֵּיכוּל בַּהּ לַחְמָא לָא תֶחְסַר כָּל מִדַּעַם בַּהּ אַרְעָא דִּי אַבְנָהָא פַרְזְלָא וּמִטּוּרָהָא תִּפְסוּל נְחָשָׁא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A land where you will not eat bread in poverty, you will lack nothing there; a land whose stones are iron, and from whose hills you will mine copper.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:10
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:10)

וְתֵיכוּל וְתִשְׂבַּע וּתְבָרַךְ יָת יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ עַל אַרְעָא טַבְתָא דִיהַב לָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You will eat and be full, and you will bless Adonoy, your God, for the good land He has given you.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:11
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אִסְתַּמַּר לָךְ דִּילְמָא תִתְנְשֵׁי יָת **דַּחַלְתָּא** דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּדִיל דְּלָא לְמִטַּר פִּקּוֹדוֹהִי וְדִינוֹהִי וּקְיָמוֹהִי דִּי אֲנָא מְפַקְּדָךְ יוֹמָא דֵין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Look out for yourself lest you forget [**the fear of**] Adonoy, your God, to not guard His commandments, His laws, and His statutes that I am commanding you today.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:12
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:12)

דִּילְמָא תֵיכוּל וְתִשְׂבַּע וּבָתִּין **שַׁפִּירִין** תִּבְנֵי וְתֵיתֵב:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Lest you eat and be full, and build good [**beautiful**] houses and live [in them.]


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:13
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:13)

וְתוֹרָךְ וְעָנָךְ יִסְגּוּן וְכַסְפָּא וְדַהֲבָא יִסְגֵּא לָךְ וְכֹל דִּי לָךְ יִסְגֵּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And your cattle and your sheep multiply, and silver and gold multiply for you, and everything you own multiplies.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:14
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:14)

וִירִים לִבָּךְ וְתִנְשֵׁי יָת **דַּחַלְתָּא** דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ דִּי אַפְּקָךְ מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עַבְדוּתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And your pride increases, and you forget [**the fear of**] Adonoy, your God, Who took you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery;


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:15
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:15)

דְּדַבְּרָךְ בְּמַדְבְּרָא רַבָּא וּדְחִילָא **אֲתַר חֵיוָן קָלָן וְעַקְרַבִּין וּבֵית צַחֲוָנָא אֲתַר** דִּי לֵית מַיָּא דְּאַפֵּק לָךְ מַיָּא מִטִּנָּרָא **תַּקִּיפָא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Who led you through the wilderness—the great and awesome[one]—[**a place of**] snake[**s**], serpent[**s**] and scorpion[**s**], and thirst[**ing**] [**a place**] where there is no water; Who took water out for you from solid [**mighty**] rock;


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:16
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דְּאוֹכָלָךְ מַנָּא בְּמַדְבְּרָא דִּי לָא יָדְעוּן אֲבָהָתָךְ בְּדִיל לְעַנָּיוּתָךְ וּבְדִיל לְנַסָּיוּתָךְ לְאוֹטָבָא לָךְ בְּסוֹפָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Who fed you *mon* in the wilderness that your forefathers had not known, in order to oppress you and in order to test you, to ultimately benefit you—


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:17
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:17)

וְתֵימַר בְּלִבָּךְ חֵילִי וּתְקֵף יְדִי קְנוֹ לִי יָת נִכְסַיָּא הָאִלֵּין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And you think, ‘‘My strength and the power of my hand have acquired this wealth for me.’’


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:18
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:18)

וְתִדְכַּר יָת יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ אֲרֵי הוּא יָהֵב לָךְ עֵצָה לְמִקְנֵי נִכְסִין בְּדִיל לְקַיָּמָא יָת קְיָמֵיהּ דִּי קַיִּים לַאֲבָהָתָךְ כְּיוֹמָא הָדֵין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Recall Adonoy, your God, for it is He Who gives you counsel to acquire wealth, in order to establish His covenant that He swore to your forefathers this day.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:19
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/8:19)

וִיהֵי אִם מִנְשָׁאָה תִנְשֵׁי יָת **דַּחַלְתָּא** דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ וּתְהַךְ בָּתַר טַעֲוַת עַמְמַיָּא וְתִפְלְחִנּוּן וְתִסְגּוּד לְהוֹן אַסְהֵדִית בְּכוֹן יוֹמָא דֵין אֲרֵי מֵיבַד תֵּיבְדוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When and if you forget [**the fear of**] Adonoy, your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and bow to them, I testify about you today that you will surely be destroyed.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 8:20
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כְּעַמְמַיָּא דִּי יְיָ מֹאבִיד מִקָּדָמֵיכוֹן כֵּן תֵּיבְדוּן חֳלַף דִּלָא קַבֶּלְתּוּן **בְּמֵימְרָא** דַּיְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Like the nations that Adonoy is destroying before you, so will you be destroyed, as a consequence of your not heeding [**the word of**] Adonoy, your God.