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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
HebrewMeaning
רַק֮raq
onlyparticleH7535
even · except · howbeit howsoever · at the least ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יַרְבֶּהyarəbeh
he will increaseverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
לּ֣/וֹlwō
pron
סוּסִים֒swsiym
horsesnounH5483
horse (-back · -hoof). Compare
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָשִׁ֤יבyāšiyb
he will make returnverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/עָם֙hāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
מִצְרַ֔יְמָ/הmiṣərayəmāh
Egypt towardsnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
לְמַ֖עַןləmaʿan
so aspronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
הַרְבּ֣וֹתharəbwōt
to increaseverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
ס֑וּסsws
horsesnounH5483
horse (-back · -hoof). Compare
וַֽ/יהוָה֙wayhwāh
and YahwehconjH3068
the Lord. Compare
אָמַ֣רʾāmar
he has saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/כֶ֔םlākem
pron
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תֹסִפ֗וּ/ןtōsipwn
you will repeat !verbH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
לָ/שׁ֛וּבlāšwb
to returnpronH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
בַּ/דֶּ֥רֶךְbaderekə
on the waypronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
הַ/זֶּ֖הhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
עֽוֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Trusting God's timing - Deuteronomy 17
My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. The promise here is not conditional on our strength but on His character. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circums...
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