Deuteronomy 2:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.”

Deuteronomy 2:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 2:924 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֵלַיʾēlayNear

אֶלʾelNot

תָּצַרtāṣarCramp

אֶתʾet—

מוֹאָבmwōʾāvMoab

וְאַלwəʾalAnd not

תִּתְגָּרtitəgārTo grate

בָּםbāmIn

מִלְחָמָהmiləḥāmāhBattle

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לֹאlōʾNot

אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive

לְךָləḵāTo

מֵאַרְצוֹmēʾarəṣwōFrom earth

יְרֻשָּׁהyərušāhOccupied

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

לוֹטlwōṭLot

נָתַתִּיnātatîGive

אֶתʾet—

עָרʿārAr

יְרֻשָּׁהyərušāhOccupied

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֵלַיʾēlayNear

אֶלʾelNot

תָּצַרtāṣarCramp

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מוֹאָבmwōʾāvMoab

וְאַלwəʾalAnd not

תִּתְגָּרtitəgārTo grate

בָּםbāmIn

מִלְחָמָהmiləḥāmāhBattle

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לֹאlōʾNot

אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive

לְךָləḵāTo

מֵאַרְצוֹmēʾarəṣwōFrom earth

יְרֻשָּׁהyərušāhOccupied

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

לוֹטlwōṭLot

נָתַתִּיnātatîGive

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עָרʿārAr

יְרֻשָּׁהyərušāhOccupied

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