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Deuteronomy 16:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.


Deuteronomy 16:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 16:1125 words
וְשָׂמַחְתָּwəśāmaḥətāAnd brighten
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וּבִנְךָûvinəḵāAnd son
וּבִתֶּךָûviteḵāAnd daughter
וְעַבְדְּךָwəʿavədəḵāAnd servant
וַאֲמָתֶךָwaʾămāteḵāAnd maid-servant
וְהַלֵּוִיwəhalēwîAnd the Levite
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening
וְהַגֵּרwəhagērAnd the guest
וְהַיָּתוֹםwəhayātwōmAnd the bereaved
וְהָאַלְמָנָהwəhāʾaləmānāhAnd the widow
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בְּקִרְבֶּךָbəqirəbeḵāIn nearest
בַּמָּקוֹםbamāqwōmIn standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לְשַׁכֵּןləšakēnTo reside
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שָׁםšāmThere
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְשָׂמַחְתָּwəśāmaḥətāAnd brighten
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וּבִנְךָûvinəḵāAnd son
וּבִתֶּךָûviteḵāAnd daughter
וְעַבְדְּךָwəʿavədəḵāAnd servant
וַאֲמָתֶךָwaʾămāteḵāAnd maid-servant
וְהַלֵּוִיwəhalēwîAnd the Levite
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening
וְהַגֵּרwəhagērAnd the guest
וְהַיָּתוֹםwəhayātwōmAnd the bereaved
וְהָאַלְמָנָהwəhāʾaləmānāhAnd the widow
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בְּקִרְבֶּךָbəqirəbeḵāIn nearest
בַּמָּקוֹםbamāqwōmIn standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לְשַׁכֵּןləšakēnTo reside
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שָׁםšāmThere

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