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Deuteronomy 17:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.


Deuteronomy 17:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 17:524 words
וְהוֹצֵאתָwəhwōṣēʾtāAnd go
אֶתʾet
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
אוֹʾwōDesire
אֶתʾet
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
אֶתʾet
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
הָרָעhārāʿThe bad
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אֶלʾelNear
שְׁעָרֶיךָšəʿāreyḵāOpening
אֶתʾet
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
אוֹʾwōDesire
אֶתʾet
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
וּסְקַלְתָּםûsəqalətāmAnd be weighty
בָּאֲבָנִיםbāʾăvānîmIn stone
וָמֵתוּwāmētûAnd die
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהוֹצֵאתָwəhwōṣēʾtāAnd go
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
אוֹʾwōDesire
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
הָרָעhārāʿThe bad
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אֶלʾelNear
שְׁעָרֶיךָšəʿāreyḵāOpening
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
אוֹʾwōDesire
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
וּסְקַלְתָּםûsəqalətāmAnd be weighty
בָּאֲבָנִיםbāʾăvānîmIn stone
וָמֵתוּwāmētûAnd die

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