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 15:19 — Hebrew 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
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