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Deuteronomy 21:23 — King James Version← Study notes

His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.


Deuteronomy 21:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 21:2324 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תָלִיןtālînStop
נִבְלָתוֹnivəlātwōFlabby
עַלʿalAbove
הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree
כִּיRelative conjunction
קָבוֹרqāvwōrInter
תִּקְבְּרֶנּוּtiqəbərenûInter
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
כִּיRelative conjunction
קִלְלַתqiləlatVilification
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
תָּלוּיtālûySuspend
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תְטַמֵּאtəṭamēʾBe foul
אֶתʾet
אַדְמָתְךָʾadəmātəḵāGround
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לְךָləḵāTo
נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
תָלִיןtālînStop
נִבְלָתוֹnivəlātwōFlabby
עַלʿalAbove
הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree
כִּיRelative conjunction
קָבוֹרqāvwōrInter
תִּקְבְּרֶנּוּtiqəbərenûInter
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
כִּיRelative conjunction
קִלְלַתqiləlatVilification
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
תָּלוּיtālûySuspend
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תְטַמֵּאtəṭamēʾBe foul
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אַדְמָתְךָʾadəmātəḵāGround
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לְךָləḵāTo
נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited

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