Deuteronomy 2:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.”

Deuteronomy 2:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 2:1220 words

וּבְשֵׂעִירûvəśēʿîrAnd in Seir

יָשְׁבוּyāšəvûSit

הַחֹרִיםhaḥōrîmThe Chorite

לְפָנִיםləp̄ānîmTo face

וּבְנֵיûvənêAnd son

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

יִירָשׁוּםyîrāšûmOccupy

וַיַּשְׁמִידוּםwayašəmîdûmAnd desolate

מִפְּנֵיהֶםmipənêhemFrom face

וַיֵּשְׁבוּwayēšəvûAnd sit

תַּחְתָּםtaḥətāmBottom

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לְאֶרֶץləʾereṣTo earth

יְרֻשָּׁתוֹyərušātwōOccupied

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַןnātanGive

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לָהֶםlāhemTo

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

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