Deuteronomy 17:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:”

Deuteronomy 17:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 17:1816 words

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

כְשִׁבְתּוֹḵəšivətwōLike sit

עַלʿalAbove

כִּסֵּאkisēʾCovered

מַמְלַכְתּוֹmaməlaḵətwōDominion

וְכָתַבwəḵātavAnd grave

לוֹlwōTo

אֶתʾet—

מִשְׁנֵהmišənēhRepetition

הַתּוֹרָהhatwōrāhThe precept

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

עַלʿalAbove

סֵפֶרsēp̄erWriting

מִלִּפְנֵיmilip̄ənêFrom to face

הַכֹּהֲנִיםhakōhănîmThe officiating

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

כְשִׁבְתּוֹḵəšivətwōLike sit

עַלʿalAbove

כִּסֵּאkisēʾCovered

מַמְלַכְתּוֹmaməlaḵətwōDominion

וְכָתַבwəḵātavAnd grave

לוֹlwōTo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מִשְׁנֵהmišənēhRepetition

הַתּוֹרָהhatwōrāhThe precept

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

עַלʿalAbove

סֵפֶרsēp̄erWriting

מִלִּפְנֵיmilip̄ənêFrom to face

הַכֹּהֲנִיםhakōhănîmThe officiating

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

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