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Deuteronomy 22:7 — King James Version← Study notes

But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.


Deuteronomy 22:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 22:713 words
שַׁלֵּחַšalēḥaSend
תְּשַׁלַּחtəšalaḥSend
אֶתʾet
הָאֵםhāʾēmThe mother
וְאֶתwəʾet
הַבָּנִיםhabānîmThe son
תִּקַּחtiqaḥTake
לָךְlāḵəTo
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יִיטַבyîṭavBe
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְהַאֲרַכְתָּwəhaʾăraḵətāAnd be
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

שַׁלֵּחַšalēḥaSend
תְּשַׁלַּחtəšalaḥSend
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאֵםhāʾēmThe mother
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַבָּנִיםhabānîmThe son
תִּקַּחtiqaḥTake
לָךְlāḵəTo
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יִיטַבyîṭavBe
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְהַאֲרַכְתָּwəhaʾăraḵətāAnd be
יָמִיםyāmîmDay

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