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Deuteronomy 23:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.


Deuteronomy 23:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 23:618 words
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
אָבָהʾāvāhBreathe
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לִשְׁמֹעַlišəmōʿaTo hear
אֶלʾelNear
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
וַיַּהֲפֹךְwayahăp̄ōḵəAnd turn
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לְּךָləḵāTo
אֶתʾet
הַקְּלָלָהhaqəlālāhThe vilification
לִבְרָכָהlivərāḵāhTo benediction
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֲהֵבְךָʾăhēvəḵāHave affection
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
אָבָהʾāvāhBreathe
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לִשְׁמֹעַlišəmōʿaTo hear
אֶלʾelNear
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
וַיַּהֲפֹךְwayahăp̄ōḵəAnd turn
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לְּךָləḵāTo
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַקְּלָלָהhaqəlālāhThe vilification
לִבְרָכָהlivərāḵāhTo benediction
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֲהֵבְךָʾăhēvəḵāHave affection
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

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