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Deuteronomy 12:31 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.


Deuteronomy 12:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 12:3122 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
כֵןḵēnSet upright
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
כִּיRelative conjunction
כָּלkālWhole
תּוֹעֲבַתtwōʿăvatDisgusting
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שָׂנֵאśānēʾHate
עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
לֵאלֹהֵיהֶםlēʾlōhêhemTo God
כִּיRelative conjunction
גַםgamAssemblage
אֶתʾet
בְּנֵיהֶםbənêhemSon
וְאֶתwəʾet
בְּנֹתֵיהֶםbənōtêhemDaughter
יִשְׂרְפוּyiśərəp̄ûBe
בָאֵשׁvāʾēšIn fire
לֵאלֹהֵיהֶםlēʾlōhêhemTo God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
כֵןḵēnSet upright
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
כִּיRelative conjunction
כָּלkālWhole
תּוֹעֲבַתtwōʿăvatDisgusting
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שָׂנֵאśānēʾHate
עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
לֵאלֹהֵיהֶםlēʾlōhêhemTo God
כִּיRelative conjunction
גַםgamAssemblage
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּנֵיהֶםbənêhemSon
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּנֹתֵיהֶםbənōtêhemDaughter
יִשְׂרְפוּyiśərəp̄ûBe
בָאֵשׁvāʾēšIn fire
לֵאלֹהֵיהֶםlēʾlōhêhemTo God

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