Sign in
Deuteronomy 20:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.


Deuteronomy 20:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 20:820 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/יָסְפ֣וּwəyāsəpw
and they will repeatconjH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
הַ/שֹּׁטְרִים֮hašōṭəriym
the officialsparticleH7860
overseer · ruler
לְ/דַבֵּ֣רlədabēr
to speakpronH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/עָם֒hāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
וְ/אָמְר֗וּwəʾāmərw
and they will sayconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מִיmiy
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
הָ/אִ֤ישׁhāʾiyš
is the manparticleH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הַ/יָּרֵא֙hayārēʾ
fearfulparticleH3373
fear
וְ/רַ֣ךְwərakə
and the weak ofconjH7390
soft · tender · one) · weak
הַ/לֵּבָ֔בhalēbāb
heartparticleH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
יֵלֵ֖ךְyēlēkə
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
וְ/יָשֹׁ֣בwəyāšōb
and let him returnconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
לְ/בֵית֑/וֹləbēytwō
to house hispronH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִמַּ֛סyimas
it will be meltedverbH4549
faint · be loosed · melt · refuse ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
לְבַ֥בləbab
the heart ofnounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
אֶחָ֖י/וʾeḥāyw
countrymen hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
כִּ/לְבָבֽ/וֹkiləbābwō
like heart hispronH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!