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 15:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 15:724 words
כִּיkîRelative 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
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