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Deuteronomy 10:22 — King James Version← Study notes

Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.


Deuteronomy 10:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 10:2212 words
בְּשִׁבְעִיםbəšivəʿîmIn seventy
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
יָרְדוּyārədûDescend
אֲבֹתֶיךָʾăvōteyḵāFather
מִצְרָיְמָהּmiṣərāyəmāhMitsrajim
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
שָׂמְךָśāməḵāPut
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
כְּכוֹכְבֵיkəḵwōḵəvêLike star
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
לָרֹבlārōvTo abundance
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

בְּשִׁבְעִיםbəšivəʿîmIn seventy
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
יָרְדוּyārədûDescend
אֲבֹתֶיךָʾăvōteyḵāFather
מִצְרָיְמָהּmiṣərāyəmāhMitsrajim
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
שָׂמְךָśāməḵāPut
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
כְּכוֹכְבֵיkəḵwōḵəvêLike star
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
לָרֹבlārōvTo abundance

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