Deuteronomy 13:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.”

Deuteronomy 13:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 13:426 words

לֹאlōʾNot

תִשְׁמַעtišəmaʿHear

אֶלʾelNear

דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord

הַנָּבִיאhanāvîʾThe prophet

הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

אוֹʾwōDesire

אֶלʾelNear

חוֹלֵםḥwōlēmBind firmly

הַחֲלוֹםhaḥălwōmThe dream

הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מְנַסֶּהmənasehTest

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

לָדַעַתlādaʿatTo know

הֲיִשְׁכֶםhăyišəḵemIs

אֹהֲבִיםʾōhăvîmHave affection

אֶתʾet—

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

לְבַבְכֶםləvavəḵemHeart

וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole

נַפְשְׁכֶםnap̄əšəḵemSoul

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

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot

תִשְׁמַעtišəmaʿHear

אֶלʾelNear

דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord

הַנָּבִיאhanāvîʾThe prophet

הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

אוֹʾwōDesire

אֶלʾelNear

חוֹלֵםḥwōlēmBind firmly

הַחֲלוֹםhaḥălwōmThe dream

הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מְנַסֶּהmənasehTest

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

לָדַעַתlādaʿatTo know

הֲיִשְׁכֶםhăyišəḵemIs

אֹהֲבִיםʾōhăvîmHave affection

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

לְבַבְכֶםləvavəḵemHeart

וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole

נַפְשְׁכֶםnap̄əšəḵemSoul

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