Deuteronomy 16:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.”
Deuteronomy 16:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 16:2113 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תִטַּעtiṭaʿStrike
לְךָləḵāTo
אֲשֵׁרָהʾăšērāhAsherah
כָּלkālWhole
עֵץʿēṣTree
אֵצֶלʾēṣelSide
מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לָּךְlāḵəTo
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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