Deuteronomy 14:2 — King James Version← Study notes
“For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.”
Deuteronomy 14:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 14:219 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עַםʿamPeople
קָדוֹשׁqādwōšSacred
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
וּבְךָûvəḵāAnd in
בָּחַרbāḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לִהְיוֹתlihəywōtTo exist
לוֹlwōTo
לְעַםləʿamTo people
סְגֻלָּהsəgulāhWealth
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
הָעַמִּיםhāʿamîmThe people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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