Deuteronomy 13:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.”

Deuteronomy 13:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 13:1619 words

הַכֵּהhakēhStrike

תַכֶּהtakehStrike

אֶתʾet—

יֹשְׁבֵיyōšəvêSit

הָעִירhāʿîrThe city

ההואhhwʾThe he

הַהִיאhahîʾThe he

לְפִיləp̄îTo mouth

חָרֶבḥārevDrought

הַחֲרֵםhaḥărēmSeclude

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

וְאֶתwəʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּהּbāhIn

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בְּהֶמְתָּהּbəhemətāhDumb

לְפִיləp̄îTo mouth

חָרֶבḥārevDrought

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

הַכֵּהhakēhStrike

תַכֶּהtakehStrike

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יֹשְׁבֵיyōšəvêSit

הָעִירhāʿîrThe city

ההואhhwʾThe he

הַהִיאhahîʾThe he

לְפִיləp̄îTo mouth

חָרֶבḥārevDrought

הַחֲרֵםhaḥărēmSeclude

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּהּbāhIn

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּהֶמְתָּהּbəhemətāhDumb

לְפִיləp̄îTo mouth

חָרֶבḥārevDrought

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