Deuteronomy 20:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.”

Deuteronomy 20:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 20:1814 words

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לֹאlōʾNot

יְלַמְּדוּyəlamədûGoad

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do

כְּכֹלkəḵōlLike whole

תּוֹעֲבֹתָםtwōʿăvōtāmDisgusting

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

לֵאלֹהֵיהֶםlēʾlōhêhemTo God

וַחֲטָאתֶםwaḥăṭāʾtemAnd miss

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

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

Word-by-word meanings

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לֹאlōʾNot

יְלַמְּדוּyəlamədûGoad

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do

כְּכֹלkəḵōlLike whole

תּוֹעֲבֹתָםtwōʿăvōtāmDisgusting

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

לֵאלֹהֵיהֶםlēʾlōhêhemTo God

וַחֲטָאתֶםwaḥăṭāʾtemAnd miss

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

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