The Meaning of Deuteronomy 12:9 Explained

Deuteronomy 12:9

KJV: For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.

YLT: for ye have not come in hitherto unto the rest, and unto the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;

Darby: For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

ASV: for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For ye are not as yet come  to the rest  and to the inheritance,  which the LORD  your God  giveth  you. 

What does Deuteronomy 12:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 12

1  Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed
4  The place of God's service to be kept
15  Blood is forbidden
17  Holy things must be eaten in the holy place
19  The Levite is not to be forsaken
20  Blood is again forbidden
26  and holy things must be eaten in the holy place
29  Idolatry is not to be enquired after

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 12:9 mean?

For not you have come as yet to the rest and the inheritance which Yahweh your God is giving you
כִּ֥י לֹא־ בָּאתֶ֖ם עַד־ עָ֑תָּה אֶל־ הַמְּנוּחָה֙ וְאֶל־ הַֽנַּחֲלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ

בָּאתֶ֖ם  you  have  come 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
עָ֑תָּה  yet 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עַתָּה  
Sense: now.
הַמְּנוּחָה֙  the  rest 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְנוּחָה 
Sense: resting place, rest.
הַֽנַּחֲלָ֔ה  the  inheritance 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
יְהוָ֥ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
נֹתֵ֥ן  is  giving 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.