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Deuteronomy 12:18 — King James Version← Study notes

But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.


Deuteronomy 12:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 12:1827 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
תֹּאכְלֶנּוּtōʾḵəlenûEat
בַּמָּקוֹםbamāqwōmIn standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בּוֹbwōIn
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וּבִנְךָûvinəḵāAnd son
וּבִתֶּךָûviteḵāAnd daughter
וְעַבְדְּךָwəʿavədəḵāAnd servant
וַאֲמָתֶךָwaʾămāteḵāAnd maid-servant
וְהַלֵּוִיwəhalēwîAnd the Levite
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening
וְשָׂמַחְתָּwəśāmaḥətāAnd brighten
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בְּכֹלbəḵōlIn whole
מִשְׁלַחmišəlaḥSending
יָדֶךָyādeḵāHand
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
תֹּאכְלֶנּוּtōʾḵəlenûEat
בַּמָּקוֹםbamāqwōmIn standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בּוֹbwōIn
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וּבִנְךָûvinəḵāAnd son
וּבִתֶּךָûviteḵāAnd daughter
וְעַבְדְּךָwəʿavədəḵāAnd servant
וַאֲמָתֶךָwaʾămāteḵāAnd maid-servant
וְהַלֵּוִיwəhalēwîAnd the Levite
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening
וְשָׂמַחְתָּwəśāmaḥətāAnd brighten
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בְּכֹלbəḵōlIn whole
מִשְׁלַחmišəlaḥSending
יָדֶךָyādeḵāHand

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