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Deuteronomy 17:7 — King James Version← Study notes

The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.


Deuteronomy 17:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 17:713 words
יַדyadHand
הָעֵדִיםhāʿēdîmThe witness
תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist
בּוֹbwōIn
בָרִאשֹׁנָהvāriʾšōnāhIn first
לַהֲמִיתוֹlahămîtwōTo die
וְיַדwəyadAnd hand
כָּלkālWhole
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
בָּאַחֲרֹנָהbāʾaḥărōnāhIn hinder
וּבִעַרְתָּûviʿarətāAnd kindle
הָרָעhārāʿThe bad
מִקִּרְבֶּךָmiqirəbeḵāFrom nearest
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

יַדyadHand
הָעֵדִיםhāʿēdîmThe witness
תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist
בּוֹbwōIn
בָרִאשֹׁנָהvāriʾšōnāhIn first
לַהֲמִיתוֹlahămîtwōTo die
וְיַדwəyadAnd hand
כָּלkālWhole
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
בָּאַחֲרֹנָהbāʾaḥărōnāhIn hinder
וּבִעַרְתָּûviʿarətāAnd kindle
הָרָעhārāʿThe bad
מִקִּרְבֶּךָmiqirəbeḵāFrom nearest

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