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Deuteronomy 18:16 — King James Version← Study notes

According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.


Deuteronomy 18:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 18:1626 words
כְּכֹלkəḵōlLike whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שָׁאַלְתָּšāʾalətāInquire
מֵעִםmēʿimFrom with
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בְּחֹרֵבbəḥōrēvIn Choreb
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
הַקָּהָלhaqāhālThe assemblage
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לֹאlōʾNot
אֹסֵףʾōsēp̄Add
לִשְׁמֹעַlišəmōʿaTo hear
אֶתʾet
קוֹלqwōlVoice
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהָיʾĕlōhāyGod
וְאֶתwəʾet
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
הַגְּדֹלָהhagədōlāhThe great
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
לֹאlōʾNot
אֶרְאֶהʾerəʾehSee
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
אָמוּתʾāmûtDie
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כְּכֹלkəḵōlLike whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שָׁאַלְתָּšāʾalətāInquire
מֵעִםmēʿimFrom with
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בְּחֹרֵבbəḥōrēvIn Choreb
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
הַקָּהָלhaqāhālThe assemblage
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לֹאlōʾNot
אֹסֵףʾōsēp̄Add
לִשְׁמֹעַlišəmōʿaTo hear
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
קוֹלqwōlVoice
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהָיʾĕlōhāyGod
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
הַגְּדֹלָהhagədōlāhThe great
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
לֹאlōʾNot
אֶרְאֶהʾerəʾehSee
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
אָמוּתʾāmûtDie

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