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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 15:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 15:1119 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֛יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֶחְדַּ֥לyeḥədal
he will ceaseverbH2308
end · fall · forbear · forsake ···
אֶבְי֖וֹןʾebəywōn
the needyadjH34
needy · poor
מִ/קֶּ֣רֶבmiqereb
from the midst ofpronH7130
among · before · unto charge · eat ···
הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the landparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
עַלʿal
there-pronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֵּ֞ןkēn
-foreparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
אָנֹכִ֤יʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
מְצַוְּ/ךָ֙məṣawəkā
am commanding youverbH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
פָּ֠תֹחַpātōḥa
certainlyverbH6605
break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···
תִּפְתַּ֨חtipətaḥ
you will openverbH6605
break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יָדְ/ךָ֜yādəkā
hand yournounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
לְ/אָחִ֧י/ךָləʾāḥiykā
to countryman yourpronH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
לַ/עֲנִיֶּ֛/ךָlaʿăniyekā
to poor person yourpronH6041
humble · lowly · needy · poor
וּ/לְ/אֶבְיֹנְ/ךָ֖wləʾebəyōnəkā
and to needy person yourconjH34
needy · poor
בְּ/אַרְצֶֽ/ךָbəʾarəṣekā
in land yourpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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