Deuteronomy 12:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.”
Deuteronomy 12:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 12:2022 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יַרְחִיבyarəḥîvBroaden
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֶתʾet—
גְּבוּלְךָgəvûləḵāCord
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
אֹכְלָהʾōḵəlāhEat
בָשָׂרvāśārFlesh
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
תְאַוֶּהtəʾaûhWish for
נַפְשְׁךָnap̄əšəḵāSoul
לֶאֱכֹלleʾĕḵōlTo eat
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
אַוַּתʾaûtLonging
נַפְשְׁךָnap̄əšəḵāSoul
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
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