Deuteronomy 2:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:”

Deuteronomy 2:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 2:2111 words

עַםʿamPeople

גָּדוֹלgādwōlGreat

וְרַבwəravAnd abundant

וָרָםwārāmAnd be high

כָּעֲנָקִיםkāʿănāqîmLike Anakite

וַיַּשְׁמִידֵםwayašəmîdēmAnd desolate

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מִפְּנֵיהֶםmipənêhemFrom face

וַיִּירָשֻׁםwayîrāšumAnd occupy

וַיֵּשְׁבוּwayēšəvûAnd sit

תַחְתָּםtaḥətāmBottom

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

Word-by-word meanings

עַםʿamPeople

גָּדוֹלgādwōlGreat

וְרַבwəravAnd abundant

וָרָםwārāmAnd be high

כָּעֲנָקִיםkāʿănāqîmLike Anakite

וַיַּשְׁמִידֵםwayašəmîdēmAnd desolate

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מִפְּנֵיהֶםmipənêhemFrom face

וַיִּירָשֻׁםwayîrāšumAnd occupy

וַיֵּשְׁבוּwayēšəvûAnd sit

תַחְתָּםtaḥətāmBottom

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