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Deuteronomy 21:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:


Deuteronomy 21:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 21:29 words
וְיָצְאוּwəyāṣəʾûAnd go
זְקֵנֶיךָzəqēneyḵāOld
וְשֹׁפְטֶיךָwəšōp̄əṭeyḵāAnd judge
וּמָדְדוּûmādədûAnd stretch
אֶלʾelNear
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
סְבִיבֹתsəvîvōtCircle
הֶחָלָלheḥālālThe pierced
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְיָצְאוּwəyāṣəʾûAnd go
זְקֵנֶיךָzəqēneyḵāOld
וְשֹׁפְטֶיךָwəšōp̄əṭeyḵāAnd judge
וּמָדְדוּûmādədûAnd stretch
אֶלʾelNear
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
סְבִיבֹתsəvîvōtCircle
הֶחָלָלheḥālālThe pierced

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