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Deuteronomy 23:21 — King James Version← Study notes

When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.


Deuteronomy 23:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 23:2119 words
לַנָּכְרִיlanāḵərîTo strange
תַשִּׁיךְtašîḵəStrike
וּלְאָחִיךָûləʾāḥîḵāAnd to brother
לֹאlōʾNot
תַשִּׁיךְtašîḵəStrike
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יְבָרֶכְךָyəvāreḵəḵāKneel
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בְּכֹלbəḵōlIn whole
מִשְׁלַחmišəlaḥSending
יָדֶךָyādeḵāHand
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
בָאvāʾGo
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לַנָּכְרִיlanāḵərîTo strange
תַשִּׁיךְtašîḵəStrike
וּלְאָחִיךָûləʾāḥîḵāAnd to brother
לֹאlōʾNot
תַשִּׁיךְtašîḵəStrike
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יְבָרֶכְךָyəvāreḵəḵāKneel
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בְּכֹלbəḵōlIn whole
מִשְׁלַחmišəlaḥSending
יָדֶךָyādeḵāHand
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
בָאvāʾGo
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy

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