“Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:”
Deuteronomy 21:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 21:1620 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הָיָ֗הwəhāyāh
and it will beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בְּ/יוֹם֙bəywōm
on the daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַנְחִיל֣/וֹhanəḥiylwō
causes to inherit heverbH5157
have · take as a heritage · (cause to · give to ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בָּנָ֔י/וbānāyw
sons hisnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אֵ֥תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
that whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִהְיֶ֖הyihəyeh
it will belongverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
ל֑/וֹlwō
pron
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יוּכַ֗לywkal
he will be ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לְ/בַכֵּר֙ləbakēr
to treat as firstbornpronH1069
be firstling · bring forth first child
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בֶּןben
the sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָ֣/אֲהוּבָ֔הhāʾăhwbāh
the loved oneparticleH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פְּנֵ֥יpənēy
the face ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
בֶןben
the son ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הַ/שְּׂנוּאָ֖הhaśənwʾāh
the hated oneparticleH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
הַ/בְּכֹֽרhabəkōr
the firstbornparticleH1060
firstborn
ℹWords 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.
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