Sign in
Deuteronomy 15:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.


Deuteronomy 15:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 15:928 words
הִשָּׁמֶרhišāmerHedge
לְךָləḵāTo
פֶּןpenRemoval
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
דָבָרdāvārWord
עִםʿimWith
לְבָבְךָləvāvəḵāHeart
בְלִיַּעַלvəlîʿalWithout profit
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
קָרְבָהqārəvāhApproach
שְׁנַתšənatYear
הַשֶּׁבַעhaševaʿThe seven
שְׁנַתšənatYear
הַשְּׁמִטָּהhašəmiṭāhThe remission
וְרָעָהwərāʿāhAnd spoil
עֵינְךָʿênəḵāEye
בְּאָחִיךָbəʾāḥîḵāIn brother
הָאֶבְיוֹןhāʾevəywōnThe destitute
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תִתֵּןtitēnGive
לוֹlwōTo
וְקָרָאwəqārāʾAnd call out to
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
בְךָvəḵāIn
חֵטְאḥēṭəʾCrime
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

הִשָּׁמֶרhišāmerHedge
לְךָləḵāTo
פֶּןpenRemoval
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
דָבָרdāvārWord
עִםʿimWith
לְבָבְךָləvāvəḵāHeart
בְלִיַּעַלvəlîʿalWithout profit
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
קָרְבָהqārəvāhApproach
שְׁנַתšənatYear
הַשֶּׁבַעhaševaʿThe seven
שְׁנַתšənatYear
הַשְּׁמִטָּהhašəmiṭāhThe remission
וְרָעָהwərāʿāhAnd spoil
עֵינְךָʿênəḵāEye
בְּאָחִיךָbəʾāḥîḵāIn brother
הָאֶבְיוֹןhāʾevəywōnThe destitute
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תִתֵּןtitēnGive
לוֹlwōTo
וְקָרָאwəqārāʾAnd call out to
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
בְךָvəḵāIn
חֵטְאḥēṭəʾCrime

Explore community notes on Deuteronomy 15:9

Study summaries, cross-references, and discussion

Open verse →