Deuteronomy 20:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.”

Deuteronomy 20:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 20:522 words

וְדִבְּרוּwədibərûAnd arrange

הַשֹּׁטְרִיםhašōṭərîmThe scribe

אֶלʾelNear

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

מִיmîWho?

הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּנָהbānāhBuild

בַיִתvayitA house

חָדָשׁḥādāšNew

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

חֲנָכוֹḥănāḵwōNarrow

יֵלֵךְyēlēḵəWalk

וְיָשֹׁבwəyāšōvAnd turn

לְבֵיתוֹləvêtwōTo a house

פֶּןpenRemoval

יָמוּתyāmûtDie

בַּמִּלְחָמָהbamiləḥāmāhIn battle

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man

אַחֵרʾaḥērHinder

יַחְנְכֶנּוּyaḥənəḵenûNarrow

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

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