“Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.”
Deuteronomy 16:19 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 16:1917 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תַטֶּ֣הtaṭeh
you will turn asideverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
מִשְׁפָּ֔טmišəpāṭ
justicenounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תַכִּ֖ירtakiyr
you will pay regard toverbH5234
could · deliver · discern · dissemble ···
פָּנִ֑יםpāniym
facesnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִקַּ֣חtiqaḥ
you will takeverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
שֹׁ֔חַדšōḥad
a bribenounH7810
gift · present · reward
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הַ/שֹּׁ֗חַדhašōḥad
the bribeparticleH7810
gift · present · reward
יְעַוֵּר֙yəʿawēr
it makes blindverbH5786
put out. See also
עֵינֵ֣יʿēynēy
the eyes ofnounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
חֲכָמִ֔יםḥăkāmiym
wise peopleadjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
וִֽ/יסַלֵּ֖ףwiysalēp
so it may pervertconjH5557
pervert
דִּבְרֵ֥יdibərēy
the words ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
צַדִּיקִֽםṣadiyqim
righteous peopleadjH6662
lawful · righteous
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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