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Deuteronomy 33:15

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

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וּמֵרֹ֖אשׁumeroshand from headרֹאשׁconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and from head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.הַרְרֵיharrehillהָרָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “hill”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2042a mountainhill, mount(-ain).קֶ֑דֶםqedembeforeקֶדֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “before”, the ordinary formH6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).וּמִמֶּ֖גֶדumimegedand from pleasantמֶגֶדconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and from pleasant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4022properly, a distinguished thing; hence something valuable, as aproduct or fruitpleasant, precious fruit (thing).גִּבְע֥וֹתgivothillגִּבְעָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “hill”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1389a hillockhill, little hill.עוֹלָֽםolamalwayעוֹלָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

Young’s Literal Translation

And by chief things — of the ancient mountains, And by precious things — of the age-during heights,

World English Bible

for the best things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

Darby Translation

And by the best things of the ancient mountains, And by the precious things of the everlasting hills,

Douay-Rheims

Of the tops of the ancient mountains, of the fruits of the everlasting hills:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

from the top of the ancient mountains, and from the top of the everlasting hills,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀπὸ κορυφῆς ὀρέων ἀρχῆς, καὶ ἀπὸ κορυφῆς βουνῶν ἀενάων,