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Deuteronomy 11:21 — King James Version← Study notes

That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.


Deuteronomy 11:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 11:2117 words
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יִרְבּוּyirəbûIncrease
יְמֵיכֶםyəmêḵemDay
וִימֵיwîmêAnd day
בְנֵיכֶםvənêḵemSon
עַלʿalAbove
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶםlaʾăvōtêḵemTo father
לָתֵתlātētTo give
לָהֶםlāhemTo
כִּימֵיkîmêLike day
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יִרְבּוּyirəbûIncrease
יְמֵיכֶםyəmêḵemDay
וִימֵיwîmêAnd day
בְנֵיכֶםvənêḵemSon
עַלʿalAbove
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶםlaʾăvōtêḵemTo father
לָתֵתlātētTo give
לָהֶםlāhemTo
כִּימֵיkîmêLike day
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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