Deuteronomy 18:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.”
Deuteronomy 18:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 18:2020 words
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
הַנָּבִיאhanāvîʾThe prophet
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָזִידyāzîdSeethe
לְדַבֵּרlədabērTo arrange
דָּבָרdāvārWord
בִּשְׁמִיbišəmîIn appellation
אֵתʾēt—
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
צִוִּיתִיוṣiûytîwConstitute
לְדַבֵּרlədabērTo arrange
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
יְדַבֵּרyədabērArrange
בְּשֵׁםbəšēmIn appellation
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֲחֵרִיםʾăḥērîmHinder
וּמֵתûmētAnd die
הַנָּבִיאhanāvîʾThe prophet
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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