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Deuteronomy 20:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;


Deuteronomy 20:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 20:320 words
וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
שְׁמַעšəmaʿHear
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
קְרֵבִיםqərēvîmNear
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
לַמִּלְחָמָהlamiləḥāmāhTo battle
עַלʿalAbove
אֹיְבֵיכֶםʾōyəvêḵemHating
אַלʾalNot
יֵרַךְyēraḵəSoften
לְבַבְכֶםləvavəḵemHeart
אַלʾalNot
תִּירְאוּtîrəʾûFear
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
תַּחְפְּזוּtaḥəpəzûStart up suddenly
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
תַּעַרְצוּtaʿarəṣûAwe
מִפְּנֵיהֶםmipənêhemFrom face
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
שְׁמַעšəmaʿHear
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
קְרֵבִיםqərēvîmNear
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
לַמִּלְחָמָהlamiləḥāmāhTo battle
עַלʿalAbove
אֹיְבֵיכֶםʾōyəvêḵemHating
אַלʾalNot
יֵרַךְyēraḵəSoften
לְבַבְכֶםləvavəḵemHeart
אַלʾalNot
תִּירְאוּtîrəʾûFear
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
תַּחְפְּזוּtaḥəpəzûStart up suddenly
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
תַּעַרְצוּtaʿarəṣûAwe
מִפְּנֵיהֶםmipənêhemFrom face

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