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Deuteronomy 22:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.


Deuteronomy 22:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 22:219 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
לֹאlōʾNot
קָרוֹבqārwōvNear
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְדַעְתּוֹyədaʿətwōKnow
וַאֲסַפְתּוֹwaʾăsap̄ətwōAnd gather
אֶלʾelNear
תּוֹךְtwōḵəBisection
בֵּיתֶךָbêteḵāA house
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
עִמְּךָʿiməḵāWith
עַדʿadAs far
דְּרֹשׁdərōšTread
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
וַהֲשֵׁבֹתוֹwahăšēvōtwōAnd turn
לוֹlwōTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
לֹאlōʾNot
קָרוֹבqārwōvNear
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְדַעְתּוֹyədaʿətwōKnow
וַאֲסַפְתּוֹwaʾăsap̄ətwōAnd gather
אֶלʾelNear
תּוֹךְtwōḵəBisection
בֵּיתֶךָbêteḵāA house
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
עִמְּךָʿiməḵāWith
עַדʿadAs far
דְּרֹשׁdərōšTread
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
וַהֲשֵׁבֹתוֹwahăšēvōtwōAnd turn
לוֹlwōTo

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