Deuteronomy 13:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;”

Deuteronomy 13:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 13:1723 words

וְאֶתwəʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

שְׁלָלָהּšəlālāhBooty

תִּקְבֹּץtiqəbōṣGrasp

אֶלʾelNear

תּוֹךְtwōḵəBisection

רְחֹבָהּrəḥōvāhWidth

וְשָׂרַפְתָּwəśārap̄ətāAnd be

בָאֵשׁvāʾēšIn fire

אֶתʾet—

הָעִירhāʿîrThe city

וְאֶתwəʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

שְׁלָלָהּšəlālāhBooty

כָּלִילkālîlComplete

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

וְהָיְתָהwəhāyətāhAnd exist

תֵּלtēlMound

עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed

לֹאlōʾNot

תִבָּנֶהtibānehBuild

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

שְׁלָלָהּšəlālāhBooty

תִּקְבֹּץtiqəbōṣGrasp

אֶלʾelNear

תּוֹךְtwōḵəBisection

רְחֹבָהּrəḥōvāhWidth

וְשָׂרַפְתָּwəśārap̄ətāAnd be

בָאֵשׁvāʾēšIn fire

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעִירhāʿîrThe city

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

שְׁלָלָהּšəlālāhBooty

כָּלִילkālîlComplete

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

וְהָיְתָהwəhāyətāhAnd exist

תֵּלtēlMound

עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed

לֹאlōʾNot

תִבָּנֶהtibānehBuild

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

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