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Deuteronomy 12:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:


Deuteronomy 12:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 12:224 words
אַבֵּדʾabēdWander
תְּאַבְּדוּןtəʾabədûnWander
אֶתʾet
כָּלkālWhole
הַמְּקֹמוֹתhaməqōmwōtThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָבְדוּʿāvədûWork
שָׁםšāmThere
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
יֹרְשִׁיםyōrəšîmOccupy
אֹתָםʾōtām
אֶתʾet
אֱלֹהֵיהֶםʾĕlōhêhemGod
עַלʿalAbove
הֶהָרִיםhehārîmThe mountain
הָרָמִיםhārāmîmThe be high
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
הַגְּבָעוֹתhagəvāʿwōtThe hillock
וְתַחַתwətaḥatAnd bottom
כָּלkālWhole
עֵץʿēṣTree
רַעֲנָןraʿănānVerdant
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אַבֵּדʾabēdWander
תְּאַבְּדוּןtəʾabədûnWander
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
הַמְּקֹמוֹתhaməqōmwōtThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָבְדוּʿāvədûWork
שָׁםšāmThere
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
יֹרְשִׁיםyōrəšîmOccupy
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אֱלֹהֵיהֶםʾĕlōhêhemGod
עַלʿalAbove
הֶהָרִיםhehārîmThe mountain
הָרָמִיםhārāmîmThe be high
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
הַגְּבָעוֹתhagəvāʿwōtThe hillock
וְתַחַתwətaḥatAnd bottom
כָּלkālWhole
עֵץʿēṣTree
רַעֲנָןraʿănānVerdant

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