Deuteronomy 15:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.”

Deuteronomy 15:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 15:1119 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לֹאlōʾNot

יֶחְדַּלyeḥədalBe flabby

אֶבְיוֹןʾevəywōnDestitute

מִקֶּרֶבmiqerevFrom nearest

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מְצַוְּךָməṣaûḵāConstitute

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

פָּתֹחַpātōḥaOpen wide

תִּפְתַּחtip̄ətaḥOpen wide

אֶתʾet—

יָדְךָyādəḵāHand

לְאָחִיךָləʾāḥîḵāTo brother

לַעֲנִיֶּךָlaʿănîḵāTo depressed

וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָûləʾevəyōnəḵāAnd to destitute

בְּאַרְצֶךָbəʾarəṣeḵāIn earth

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

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