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Deuteronomy 15:6 — King James Version← Study notes

For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.


Deuteronomy 15:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 15:619 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בֵּרַכְךָbēraḵəḵāKneel
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְהַעֲבַטְתָּwəhaʿăvaṭətāAnd pawn
גּוֹיִםgwōyimNation
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲבֹטtaʿăvōṭPawn
וּמָשַׁלְתָּûmāšalətāAnd rule
בְּגוֹיִםbəgwōyimIn nation
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
וּבְךָûvəḵāAnd in
לֹאlōʾNot
יִמְשֹׁלוּyiməšōlûRule
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בֵּרַכְךָbēraḵəḵāKneel
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְהַעֲבַטְתָּwəhaʿăvaṭətāAnd pawn
גּוֹיִםgwōyimNation
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲבֹטtaʿăvōṭPawn
וּמָשַׁלְתָּûmāšalətāAnd rule
בְּגוֹיִםbəgwōyimIn nation
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
וּבְךָûvəḵāAnd in
לֹאlōʾNot
יִמְשֹׁלוּyiməšōlûRule

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