“Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.”
Deuteronomy 12:30 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 12:3022 words
HebrewMeaning
הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhišāmer
take heedverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
לְ/ךָ֗ləkā
pron
פֶּןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
תִּנָּקֵשׁ֙tināqēš
you should be ensnaredverbH5367
אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֔םʾaḥărēyhem
after thempronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
אַחֲרֵ֖יʾaḥărēy
afterpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
הִשָּׁמְדָ֣/םhišāmədām
have been destroyed theyverbH8045
bring to nought · overthrow · perish · pluck down ···
מִ/פָּנֶ֑י/ךָmipāneykā
from before youpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
וּ/פֶןwpen
and lestconjH6435
that...not
תִּדְרֹ֨שׁtidərōš
you should enquireverbH1875
at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···
לֵֽ/אלֹהֵי/הֶ֜םlēʾlōhēyhem
of gods theirpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
לֵ/אמֹ֨רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵיכָ֨הʾēykāh
how?particleH349
what
יַעַבְד֜וּyaʿabədw
do they serveverbH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
הַ/גּוֹיִ֤םhagwōyim
the nationsparticleH1471
heathen · nation · people
הָ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙hāʾēleh
theseparticleH428
so · some · such · them ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֱלֹ֣הֵי/הֶ֔םʾĕlōhēyhem
gods theirnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וְ/אֶעֱשֶׂהwəʾeʿĕśeh
so I may doconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
כֵּ֖ןkēn
thusparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אָֽנִיʾāniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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