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Deuteronomy 17:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God.


Deuteronomy 17:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 17:118 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תִזְבַּחtizəbaḥSlaughter
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
שׁוֹרšwōrBullock
וָשֶׂהwāśehAnd sheep
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
בוֹvwōIn
מוּםmûmBlemish
כֹּלkōlWhole
דָּבָרdāvārWord
רָעrāʿBad
כִּיRelative conjunction
תוֹעֲבַתtwōʿăvatDisgusting
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
הוּאhûʾHe
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
תִזְבַּחtizəbaḥSlaughter
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
שׁוֹרšwōrBullock
וָשֶׂהwāśehAnd sheep
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
בוֹvwōIn
מוּםmûmBlemish
כֹּלkōlWhole
דָּבָרdāvārWord
רָעrāʿBad
כִּיRelative conjunction
תוֹעֲבַתtwōʿăvatDisgusting
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
הוּאhûʾHe

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