Deuteronomy 12:30 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
הִשָּׁמֶרhišāmerHedge
לְךָləḵāTo
פֶּןpenRemoval
תִּנָּקֵשׁtināqēšEntrap
אַחֲרֵיהֶםʾaḥărêhemThe hind part
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
הִשָּׁמְדָםhišāmədāmDesolate
מִפָּנֶיךָmipāneyḵāFrom face
וּפֶןûp̄enAnd removal
תִּדְרֹשׁtidərōšTread
לֵאלֹהֵיהֶםlēʾlōhêhemTo God
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אֵיכָהʾêḵāhHow?
יַעַבְדוּyaʿavədûWork
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
אֶתʾet—
אֱלֹהֵיהֶםʾĕlōhêhemGod
וְאֶעֱשֶׂהwəʾeʿĕśehAnd do
כֵּןkēnSet upright
גַּםgamAssemblage
אָנִיʾānîI
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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