Deuteronomy 15:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;”

Deuteronomy 15:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 15:1615 words

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יֹאמַרyōʾmarSay

אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear

לֹאlōʾNot

אֵצֵאʾēṣēʾGo

מֵעִמָּךְmēʿimāḵəFrom with

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֲהֵבְךָʾăhēvəḵāHave affection

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בֵּיתֶךָbêteḵāA house

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

טוֹבṭwōvBe

לוֹlwōTo

עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יֹאמַרyōʾmarSay

אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear

לֹאlōʾNot

אֵצֵאʾēṣēʾGo

מֵעִמָּךְmēʿimāḵəFrom with

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֲהֵבְךָʾăhēvəḵāHave affection

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בֵּיתֶךָbêteḵāA house

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

טוֹבṭwōvBe

לוֹlwōTo

עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith

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