Deuteronomy 15:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:”

Deuteronomy 15:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 15:418 words

אֶפֶסʾep̄esCessation

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לֹאlōʾNot

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

בְּךָbəḵāIn

אֶבְיוֹןʾevəywōnDestitute

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בָרֵךְvārēḵəKneel

יְבָרֶכְךָyəvāreḵəḵāKneel

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

נֹתֵןnōtēnGive

לְךָləḵāTo

נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited

לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy

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

Word-by-word meanings

אֶפֶסʾep̄esCessation

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לֹאlōʾNot

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

בְּךָbəḵāIn

אֶבְיוֹןʾevəywōnDestitute

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בָרֵךְvārēḵəKneel

יְבָרֶכְךָyəvāreḵəḵāKneel

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

נֹתֵןnōtēnGive

לְךָləḵāTo

נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited

לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy

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