Deuteronomy 13:15 — King James Version← Study notes
“Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.”
Deuteronomy 13:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 13:1512 words
וְדָרַשְׁתָּwədārašətāAnd tread
וְחָקַרְתָּwəḥāqarətāAnd penetrate
וְשָׁאַלְתָּwəšāʾalətāAnd inquire
הֵיטֵבhêṭēvBe
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
אֱמֶתʾĕmetStability
נָכוֹןnāḵwōnBe erect
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
נֶעֶשְׂתָהneʿeśətāhDo
הַתּוֹעֵבָהhatwōʿēvāhThe disgusting
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
בְּקִרְבֶּךָbəqirəbeḵāIn nearest
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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