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Deuteronomy 12:21 — King James Version← Study notes

If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.


Deuteronomy 12:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 12:2125 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִרְחַקyirəḥaqWiden
מִמְּךָmiməḵāPart
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לָשׂוּםlāśûmTo put
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שָׁםšāmThere
וְזָבַחְתָּwəzāvaḥətāAnd slaughter
מִבְּקָרְךָmibəqārəḵāFrom beeve
וּמִצֹּאנְךָûmiṣōʾnəḵāAnd from flock
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָתַןnātanGive
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְךָləḵāTo
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוִּיתִךָṣiûytiḵāConstitute
וְאָכַלְתָּwəʾāḵalətāAnd eat
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening
בְּכֹלbəḵōlIn whole
אַוַּתʾaûtLonging
נַפְשֶׁךָnap̄əšeḵāSoul
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
יִרְחַקyirəḥaqWiden
מִמְּךָmiməḵāPart
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לָשׂוּםlāśûmTo put
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שָׁםšāmThere
וְזָבַחְתָּwəzāvaḥətāAnd slaughter
מִבְּקָרְךָmibəqārəḵāFrom beeve
וּמִצֹּאנְךָûmiṣōʾnəḵāAnd from flock
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָתַןnātanGive
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְךָləḵāTo
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוִּיתִךָṣiûytiḵāConstitute
וְאָכַלְתָּwəʾāḵalətāAnd eat
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening
בְּכֹלbəḵōlIn whole
אַוַּתʾaûtLonging
נַפְשֶׁךָnap̄əšeḵāSoul

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