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Deuteronomy 15:19 — King James Version← Study notes

All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.


Deuteronomy 15:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 15:1918 words
כָּלkālWhole
הַבְּכוֹרhabəḵwōrThe first-born
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִוָּלֵדyiûlēdBear young
בִּבְקָרְךָbivəqārəḵāIn beeve
וּבְצֹאנְךָûvəṣōʾnəḵāAnd in flock
הַזָּכָרhazāḵārThe remembered
תַּקְדִּישׁtaqədîšBe
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲבֹדtaʿăvōdWork
בִּבְכֹרbivəḵōrIn first-born
שׁוֹרֶךָšwōreḵāBullock
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תָגֹזtāgōzCut off
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
צֹאנֶךָṣōʾneḵāFlock
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כָּלkālWhole
הַבְּכוֹרhabəḵwōrThe first-born
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִוָּלֵדyiûlēdBear young
בִּבְקָרְךָbivəqārəḵāIn beeve
וּבְצֹאנְךָûvəṣōʾnəḵāAnd in flock
הַזָּכָרhazāḵārThe remembered
תַּקְדִּישׁtaqədîšBe
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲבֹדtaʿăvōdWork
בִּבְכֹרbivəḵōrIn first-born
שׁוֹרֶךָšwōreḵāBullock
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תָגֹזtāgōzCut off
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
צֹאנֶךָṣōʾneḵāFlock

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