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Deuteronomy 21:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.


Deuteronomy 21:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 21:2013 words
וְאָמְרוּwəʾāmərûAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity
בְּנֵנוּbənēnûSon
זֶהzehThis
סוֹרֵרswōrērTurn
וּמֹרֶהûmōrehAnd be
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
שֹׁמֵעַšōmēʿaHear
בְּקֹלֵנוּbəqōlēnûIn voice
זוֹלֵלzwōlēlShake
וְסֹבֵאwəsōvēʾAnd potation
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאָמְרוּwəʾāmərûAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity
בְּנֵנוּbənēnûSon
זֶהzehThis
סוֹרֵרswōrērTurn
וּמֹרֶהûmōrehAnd be
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
שֹׁמֵעַšōmēʿaHear
בְּקֹלֵנוּbəqōlēnûIn voice
זוֹלֵלzwōlēlShake
וְסֹבֵאwəsōvēʾAnd potation

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