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Deuteronomy 17:14 — King James Version← Study notes

When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;


Deuteronomy 17:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 17:1420 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
תָבֹאtāvōʾGo
אֶלʾelNear
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָךְlāḵəTo
וִירִשְׁתָּהּwîrišətāhAnd occupy
וְיָשַׁבְתָּהwəyāšavətāhAnd sit
בָּהּbāhIn
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
אָשִׂימָהʾāśîmāhPut
עָלַיʿālayAbove
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
כְּכָלkəḵālLike whole
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
סְבִיבֹתָיsəvîvōtāyCircle
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
תָבֹאtāvōʾGo
אֶלʾelNear
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָךְlāḵəTo
וִירִשְׁתָּהּwîrišətāhAnd occupy
וְיָשַׁבְתָּהwəyāšavətāhAnd sit
בָּהּbāhIn
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
אָשִׂימָהʾāśîmāhPut
עָלַיʿālayAbove
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
כְּכָלkəḵālLike whole
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
סְבִיבֹתָיsəvîvōtāyCircle

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