Deuteronomy 11:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.”

Deuteronomy 11:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 11:1817 words

וְשַׂמְתֶּםwəśamətemAnd put

אֶתʾet—

דְּבָרַיdəvārayWord

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

עַלʿalAbove

לְבַבְכֶםləvavəḵemHeart

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

נַפְשְׁכֶםnap̄əšəḵemSoul

וּקְשַׁרְתֶּםûqəšarətemAnd tie

אֹתָםʾōtām—

לְאוֹתləʾwōtTo signal

עַלʿalAbove

יֶדְכֶםyedəḵemHand

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist

לְטוֹטָפֹתləṭwōṭāp̄ōtTo fillet

בֵּיןbênBetween

עֵינֵיכֶםʿênêḵemEye

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְשַׂמְתֶּםwəśamətemAnd put

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

דְּבָרַיdəvārayWord

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

עַלʿalAbove

לְבַבְכֶםləvavəḵemHeart

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

נַפְשְׁכֶםnap̄əšəḵemSoul

וּקְשַׁרְתֶּםûqəšarətemAnd tie

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

לְאוֹתləʾwōtTo signal

עַלʿalAbove

יֶדְכֶםyedəḵemHand

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist

לְטוֹטָפֹתləṭwōṭāp̄ōtTo fillet

בֵּיןbênBetween

עֵינֵיכֶםʿênêḵemEye

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