Deuteronomy 12:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:”
Deuteronomy 12:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 12:518 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
אֶלʾelNear
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
שִׁבְטֵיכֶםšivəṭêḵemScion
לָשׂוּםlāśûmTo put
אֶתʾet—
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שָׁםšāmThere
לְשִׁכְנוֹləšiḵənwōTo residence
תִדְרְשׁוּtidərəšûTread
וּבָאתָûvāʾtāAnd go
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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