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Deuteronomy 2:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:


Deuteronomy 2:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 2:416 words
וְאֶתwəʾet
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
צַוṣawConstitute
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
עֹבְרִיםʿōvərîmCross
בִּגְבוּלbigəvûlIn cord
אֲחֵיכֶםʾăḥêḵemBrother
בְּנֵיbənêSon
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
הַיֹּשְׁבִיםhayōšəvîmThe sit
בְּשֵׂעִירbəśēʿîrIn Seir
וְיִירְאוּwəyîrəʾûAnd fear
מִכֶּםmikemFrom part
וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּםwənišəmarətemAnd hedge
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
צַוṣawConstitute
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
עֹבְרִיםʿōvərîmCross
בִּגְבוּלbigəvûlIn cord
אֲחֵיכֶםʾăḥêḵemBrother
בְּנֵיbənêSon
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
הַיֹּשְׁבִיםhayōšəvîmThe sit
בְּשֵׂעִירbəśēʿîrIn Seir
וְיִירְאוּwəyîrəʾûAnd fear
מִכֶּםmikemFrom part
וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּםwənišəmarətemAnd hedge
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence

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