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Deuteronomy 17:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.


Deuteronomy 17:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 17:1223 words
וְהָאִישׁwəhāʾîšAnd the man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יַעֲשֶׂהyaʿăśehDo
בְזָדוֹןvəzādwōnIn arrogance
לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of
שְׁמֹעַšəmōʿaHear
אֶלʾelNear
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
הָעֹמֵדhāʿōmēdThe stand
לְשָׁרֶתləšāretTo attend
שָׁםšāmThere
אֶתʾet
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אוֹʾwōDesire
אֶלʾelNear
הַשֹּׁפֵטhašōp̄ēṭThe judge
וּמֵתûmētAnd die
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
וּבִעַרְתָּûviʿarətāAnd kindle
הָרָעhārāʿThe bad
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵלmîśərāʾēlFrom he will rule as God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָאִישׁwəhāʾîšAnd the man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יַעֲשֶׂהyaʿăśehDo
בְזָדוֹןvəzādwōnIn arrogance
לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of
שְׁמֹעַšəmōʿaHear
אֶלʾelNear
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
הָעֹמֵדhāʿōmēdThe stand
לְשָׁרֶתləšāretTo attend
שָׁםšāmThere
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אוֹʾwōDesire
אֶלʾelNear
הַשֹּׁפֵטhašōp̄ēṭThe judge
וּמֵתûmētAnd die
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
וּבִעַרְתָּûviʿarətāAnd kindle
הָרָעhārāʿThe bad
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵלmîśərāʾēlFrom he will rule as God

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