Deuteronomy 17:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;”

Deuteronomy 17:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 17:316 words

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

וַיַּעֲבֹדwayaʿăvōdAnd work

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֲחֵרִיםʾăḥērîmHinder

וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּwayišətaḥûAnd depress

לָהֶםlāhemTo

וְלַשֶּׁמֶשׁwəlašemešAnd to sun

אוֹʾwōDesire

לַיָּרֵחַlayārēḥaTo moon

אוֹʾwōDesire

לְכָלləḵālTo whole

צְבָאṣəvāʾMass

הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לֹאlōʾNot

צִוִּיתִיṣiûytîConstitute

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

וַיַּעֲבֹדwayaʿăvōdAnd work

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֲחֵרִיםʾăḥērîmHinder

וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּwayišətaḥûAnd depress

לָהֶםlāhemTo

וְלַשֶּׁמֶשׁwəlašemešAnd to sun

אוֹʾwōDesire

לַיָּרֵחַlayārēḥaTo moon

אוֹʾwōDesire

לְכָלləḵālTo whole

צְבָאṣəvāʾMass

הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לֹאlōʾNot

צִוִּיתִיṣiûytîConstitute

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