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 17:5 — Hebrew 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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