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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 12:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 12:2022 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
יַרְחִיבyarəḥîvBroaden
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֶתʾet
גְּבוּלְךָgəvûləḵāCord
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
אֹכְלָהʾōḵəlāhEat
בָשָׂרvāśārFlesh
כִּיRelative conjunction
תְאַוֶּהtəʾaûhWish for
נַפְשְׁךָnap̄əšəḵāSoul
לֶאֱכֹלleʾĕḵōlTo eat
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
אַוַּתʾaûtLonging
נַפְשְׁךָnap̄əšəḵāSoul
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
יַרְחִיבyarəḥîvBroaden
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
גְּבוּלְךָgəvûləḵāCord
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
אֹכְלָהʾōḵəlāhEat
בָשָׂרvāśārFlesh
כִּיRelative conjunction
תְאַוֶּהtəʾaûhWish for
נַפְשְׁךָnap̄əšəḵāSoul
לֶאֱכֹלleʾĕḵōlTo eat
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
אַוַּתʾaûtLonging
נַפְשְׁךָnap̄əšəḵāSoul
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh

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