Deuteronomy 17:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 17:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 17:2019 words

לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of

רוּםrûmBe high

לְבָבוֹləvāvwōHeart

מֵאֶחָיוmēʾeḥāywFrom brother

וּלְבִלְתִּיûləvilətîAnd to failure of

סוּרsûrTurn

מִןminPart

הַמִּצְוָהhamiṣəwāhThe command

יָמִיןyāmînRight

וּשְׂמֹאולûśəmōʾwlAnd dark

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

יַאֲרִיךְyaʾărîḵəBe

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

עַלʿalAbove

מַמְלַכְתּוֹmaməlaḵətwōDominion

הוּאhûʾHe

וּבָנָיוûvānāywAnd son

בְּקֶרֶבbəqerevIn nearest

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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

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