Deuteronomy 19:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.”

Deuteronomy 19:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 19:1015 words

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִשָּׁפֵךְyišāp̄ēḵəSpill forth

דָּםdāmBlood

נָקִיnāqîInnocent

בְּקֶרֶבbəqerevIn nearest

אַרְצְךָʾarəṣəḵāEarth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

נֹתֵןnōtēnGive

לְךָləḵāTo

נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove

דָּמִיםdāmîmBlood

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִשָּׁפֵךְyišāp̄ēḵəSpill forth

דָּםdāmBlood

נָקִיnāqîInnocent

בְּקֶרֶבbəqerevIn nearest

אַרְצְךָʾarəṣəḵāEarth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

נֹתֵןnōtēnGive

לְךָləḵāTo

נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove

דָּמִיםdāmîmBlood

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