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Deuteronomy 24:14 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:


Deuteronomy 24:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 24:1411 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲשֹׁקtaʿăšōqPress upon
שָׂכִירśāḵîrAt wages
עָנִיʿānîDepressed
וְאֶבְיוֹןwəʾevəywōnAnd destitute
מֵאַחֶיךָmēʾaḥeyḵāFrom brother
אוֹʾwōDesire
מִגֵּרְךָmigērəḵāFrom guest
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בְּאַרְצְךָbəʾarəṣəḵāIn earth
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲשֹׁקtaʿăšōqPress upon
שָׂכִירśāḵîrAt wages
עָנִיʿānîDepressed
וְאֶבְיוֹןwəʾevəywōnAnd destitute
מֵאַחֶיךָmēʾaḥeyḵāFrom brother
אוֹʾwōDesire
מִגֵּרְךָmigērəḵāFrom guest
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בְּאַרְצְךָbəʾarəṣəḵāIn earth
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening

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