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Deuteronomy 15:7 — King James Version← Study notes

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:


Deuteronomy 15:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 15:724 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
בְךָvəḵāIn
אֶבְיוֹןʾevəywōnDestitute
מֵאַחַדmēʾaḥadFrom united
אַחֶיךָʾaḥeyḵāBrother
בְּאַחַדbəʾaḥadIn united
שְׁעָרֶיךָšəʿāreyḵāOpening
בְּאַרְצְךָbəʾarəṣəḵāIn earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָךְlāḵəTo
לֹאlōʾNot
תְאַמֵּץtəʾamēṣBe alert
אֶתʾet
לְבָבְךָləvāvəḵāHeart
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תִקְפֹּץtiqəpōṣDraw
אֶתʾet
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
מֵאָחִיךָmēʾāḥîḵāFrom brother
הָאֶבְיוֹןhāʾevəywōnThe destitute
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
בְךָvəḵāIn
אֶבְיוֹןʾevəywōnDestitute
מֵאַחַדmēʾaḥadFrom united
אַחֶיךָʾaḥeyḵāBrother
בְּאַחַדbəʾaḥadIn united
שְׁעָרֶיךָšəʿāreyḵāOpening
בְּאַרְצְךָbəʾarəṣəḵāIn earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָךְlāḵəTo
לֹאlōʾNot
תְאַמֵּץtəʾamēṣBe alert
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
לְבָבְךָləvāvəḵāHeart
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תִקְפֹּץtiqəpōṣDraw
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
מֵאָחִיךָmēʾāḥîḵāFrom brother
הָאֶבְיוֹןhāʾevəywōnThe destitute

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