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Deuteronomy 16:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.


Deuteronomy 16:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 16:1210 words
וְזָכַרְתָּwəzāḵarətāAnd mark
כִּיRelative conjunction
עֶבֶדʿevedServant
הָיִיתָhāyîtāExist
בְּמִצְרָיִםbəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim
וְשָׁמַרְתָּwəšāmarətāAnd hedge
וְעָשִׂיתָwəʿāśîtāAnd do
אֶתʾet
הַחֻקִּיםhaḥuqîmThe enactment
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְזָכַרְתָּwəzāḵarətāAnd mark
כִּיRelative conjunction
עֶבֶדʿevedServant
הָיִיתָhāyîtāExist
בְּמִצְרָיִםbəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim
וְשָׁמַרְתָּwəšāmarətāAnd hedge
וְעָשִׂיתָwəʿāśîtāAnd do
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַחֻקִּיםhaḥuqîmThe enactment
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

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