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Deuteronomy 16:6 — King James Version← Study notes

But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.


Deuteronomy 16:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 16:620 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
אֶלʾelNear
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לְשַׁכֵּןləšakēnTo reside
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שָׁםšāmThere
תִּזְבַּחtizəbaḥSlaughter
אֶתʾet
הַפֶּסַחhapesaḥThe pretermission
בָּעָרֶבbāʿārevIn dusk
כְּבוֹאkəvwōʾLike go
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment
צֵאתְךָṣēʾtəḵāGo
מִמִּצְרָיִםmimiṣərāyimFrom Mitsrajim
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
אֶלʾelNear
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לְשַׁכֵּןləšakēnTo reside
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שָׁםšāmThere
תִּזְבַּחtizəbaḥSlaughter
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַפֶּסַחhapesaḥThe pretermission
בָּעָרֶבbāʿārevIn dusk
כְּבוֹאkəvwōʾLike go
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment
צֵאתְךָṣēʾtəḵāGo
מִמִּצְרָיִםmimiṣərāyimFrom Mitsrajim

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