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Deuteronomy 17:2 — King James Version← Study notes

If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant,


Deuteronomy 17:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 17:222 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִמָּצֵאyimāṣēʾCome
בְקִרְבְּךָvəqirəbəḵāIn nearest
בְּאַחַדbəʾaḥadIn united
שְׁעָרֶיךָšəʿāreyḵāOpening
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָךְlāḵəTo
אִישׁʾîšMan
אוֹʾwōDesire
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יַעֲשֶׂהyaʿăśehDo
אֶתʾet
הָרַעhāraʿThe bad
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לַעֲבֹרlaʿăvōrTo cross
בְּרִיתוֹbərîtwōCompact
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
יִמָּצֵאyimāṣēʾCome
בְקִרְבְּךָvəqirəbəḵāIn nearest
בְּאַחַדbəʾaḥadIn united
שְׁעָרֶיךָšəʿāreyḵāOpening
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָךְlāḵəTo
אִישׁʾîšMan
אוֹʾwōDesire
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יַעֲשֶׂהyaʿăśehDo
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָרַעhāraʿThe bad
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לַעֲבֹרlaʿăvōrTo cross
בְּרִיתוֹbərîtwōCompact

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