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Deuteronomy 17:16 — King James Version← Study notes

But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.


Deuteronomy 17:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 17:1622 words
רַקraqLeanness
לֹאlōʾNot
יַרְבֶּהyarəbehIncrease
לּוֹlwōTo
סוּסִיםsûsîmHorse
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָשִׁיבyāšîvTurn
אֶתʾet
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
הַרְבּוֹתharəbwōtIncrease
סוּסsûsHorse
וַיהוָהwayhwāhAnd LORD
אָמַרʾāmarSay
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹסִפוּןtōsip̄ûnAdd
לָשׁוּבlāšûvTo turn
בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

רַקraqLeanness
לֹאlōʾNot
יַרְבֶּהyarəbehIncrease
לּוֹlwōTo
סוּסִיםsûsîmHorse
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָשִׁיבyāšîvTurn
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
הַרְבּוֹתharəbwōtIncrease
סוּסsûsHorse
וַיהוָהwayhwāhAnd LORD
אָמַרʾāmarSay
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹסִפוּןtōsip̄ûnAdd
לָשׁוּבlāšûvTo turn
בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
עוֹדʿwōdIteration

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