Deuteronomy 18:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.”

Deuteronomy 18:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 18:1214 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

תוֹעֲבַתtwōʿăvatDisgusting

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

כָּלkālWhole

עֹשֵׂהʿōśēhDo

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

וּבִגְלַלûvigəlalAnd in circumstance

הַתּוֹעֵבֹתhatwōʿēvōtThe disgusting

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

מוֹרִישׁmwōrîšOccupy

אוֹתָםʾwōtām—

מִפָּנֶיךָmipāneyḵāFrom face

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

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

תוֹעֲבַתtwōʿăvatDisgusting

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

כָּלkālWhole

עֹשֵׂהʿōśēhDo

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

וּבִגְלַלûvigəlalAnd in circumstance

הַתּוֹעֵבֹתhatwōʿēvōtThe disgusting

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

מוֹרִישׁmwōrîšOccupy

אוֹתָםʾwōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

מִפָּנֶיךָmipāneyḵāFrom face

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