Deuteronomy 11:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.”

Deuteronomy 11:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 11:1724 words

וְחָרָהwəḥārāhAnd glow

אַףʾap̄Nose

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בָּכֶםbāḵemIn

וְעָצַרwəʿāṣarAnd inclose

אֶתʾet—

הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

מָטָרmāṭārRain

וְהָאֲדָמָהwəhāʾădāmāhAnd the ground

לֹאlōʾNot

תִתֵּןtitēnGive

אֶתʾet—

יְבוּלָהּyəvûlāhProduce

וַאֲבַדְתֶּםwaʾăvadətemAnd wander

מְהֵרָהməhērāhHurry

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הַטֹּבָהhaṭōvāhThe good

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

נֹתֵןnōtēnGive

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְחָרָהwəḥārāhAnd glow

אַףʾap̄Nose

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בָּכֶםbāḵemIn

וְעָצַרwəʿāṣarAnd inclose

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

מָטָרmāṭārRain

וְהָאֲדָמָהwəhāʾădāmāhAnd the ground

לֹאlōʾNot

תִתֵּןtitēnGive

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְבוּלָהּyəvûlāhProduce

וַאֲבַדְתֶּםwaʾăvadətemAnd wander

מְהֵרָהməhērāhHurry

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הַטֹּבָהhaṭōvāhThe good

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

נֹתֵןnōtēnGive

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

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