Deuteronomy 17:15 — King James Version← Study notes
“Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.”
Deuteronomy 17:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 17:1524 words
שׂוֹםśwōmPut
תָּשִׂיםtāśîmPut
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בּוֹbwōIn
מִקֶּרֶבmiqerevFrom nearest
אַחֶיךָʾaḥeyḵāBrother
תָּשִׂיםtāśîmPut
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
לֹאlōʾNot
תוּכַלtûḵalBe able
לָתֵתlātētTo give
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
אִישׁʾîšMan
נָכְרִיnāḵərîStrange
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
הוּאhûʾHe
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