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Deuteronomy 1:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.


Deuteronomy 1:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 1:1617 words
וָאֲצַוֶּהwāʾăṣaûhAnd constitute
אֶתʾet
שֹׁפְטֵיכֶםšōp̄əṭêḵemJudge
בָּעֵתbāʿētIn time
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
שָׁמֹעַšāmōʿaHear
בֵּיןbênBetween
אֲחֵיכֶםʾăḥêḵemBrother
וּשְׁפַטְתֶּםûšəp̄aṭətemAnd judge
צֶדֶקṣedeqRight
בֵּיןbênBetween
אִישׁʾîšMan
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
גֵּרוֹgērwōGuest
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וָאֲצַוֶּהwāʾăṣaûhAnd constitute
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שֹׁפְטֵיכֶםšōp̄əṭêḵemJudge
בָּעֵתbāʿētIn time
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
שָׁמֹעַšāmōʿaHear
בֵּיןbênBetween
אֲחֵיכֶםʾăḥêḵemBrother
וּשְׁפַטְתֶּםûšəp̄aṭətemAnd judge
צֶדֶקṣedeqRight
בֵּיןbênBetween
אִישׁʾîšMan
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
גֵּרוֹgērwōGuest

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