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 21:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 21:2013 words
וְאָמְרוּwəʾāmərûAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity
בְּנֵנוּbənēnûSon
זֶהzehThis
סוֹרֵרswōrērTurn
וּמֹרֶהûmōrehAnd be
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
שֹׁמֵעַšōmēʿaHear
בְּקֹלֵנוּbəqōlēnûIn voice
זוֹלֵלzwōlēlShake
וְסֹבֵאwəsōvēʾAnd potation
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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