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 21:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 21:2324 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תָלִיןtālînStop
נִבְלָתוֹnivəlātwōFlabby
עַלʿalAbove
הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
קָבוֹרqāvwōrInter
תִּקְבְּרֶנּוּtiqəbərenûInter
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
קִלְלַתqiləlatVilification
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
תָּלוּיtālûySuspend
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תְטַמֵּאtəṭamēʾBe foul
אֶתʾet—
אַדְמָתְךָʾadəmātəḵāGround
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לְךָləḵāTo
נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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