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Deuteronomy 24:15 — King James Version← Study notes

At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.


Deuteronomy 24:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 24:1523 words
בְּיוֹמוֹbəywōmwōIn day
תִתֵּןtitēnGive
שְׂכָרוֹśəḵārwōPayment of contract
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תָבוֹאtāvwōʾGo
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun
כִּיRelative conjunction
עָנִיʿānîDepressed
הוּאhûʾHe
וְאֵלָיוwəʾēlāywAnd near
הוּאhûʾHe
נֹשֵׂאnōśēʾLift
אֶתʾet
נַפְשׁוֹnap̄əšwōSoul
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִקְרָאyiqərāʾCall out to
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
בְךָvəḵāIn
חֵטְאḥēṭəʾCrime
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

בְּיוֹמוֹbəywōmwōIn day
תִתֵּןtitēnGive
שְׂכָרוֹśəḵārwōPayment of contract
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תָבוֹאtāvwōʾGo
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun
כִּיRelative conjunction
עָנִיʿānîDepressed
הוּאhûʾHe
וְאֵלָיוwəʾēlāywAnd near
הוּאhûʾHe
נֹשֵׂאnōśēʾLift
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
נַפְשׁוֹnap̄əšwōSoul
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִקְרָאyiqərāʾCall out to
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
בְךָvəḵāIn
חֵטְאḥēṭəʾCrime

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