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Deuteronomy 21:18 — King James Version← Study notes

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:


Deuteronomy 21:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 21:1817 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לְאִישׁləʾîšTo man
בֵּןbēnSon
סוֹרֵרswōrērTurn
וּמוֹרֶהûmwōrehAnd be
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
שֹׁמֵעַšōmēʿaHear
בְּקוֹלbəqwōlIn voice
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וּבְקוֹלûvəqwōlAnd in voice
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
וְיסְּרוּwəysərûAnd chastise
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִשְׁמַעyišəmaʿHear
אֲלֵיהֶםʾălêhemNear
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לְאִישׁləʾîšTo man
בֵּןbēnSon
סוֹרֵרswōrērTurn
וּמוֹרֶהûmwōrehAnd be
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
שֹׁמֵעַšōmēʿaHear
בְּקוֹלbəqwōlIn voice
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וּבְקוֹלûvəqwōlAnd in voice
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
וְיסְּרוּwəysərûAnd chastise
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִשְׁמַעyišəmaʿHear
אֲלֵיהֶםʾălêhemNear

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