Deuteronomy 25:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.”

Deuteronomy 25:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 25:115 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

רִיבrîvContest

בֵּיןbênBetween

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

וְנִגְּשׁוּwənigəšûAnd be

אֶלʾelNear

הַמִּשְׁפָּטhamišəpāṭThe verdict

וּשְׁפָטוּםûšəp̄āṭûmAnd judge

וְהִצְדִּיקוּwəhiṣədîqûAnd be

אֶתʾet—

הַצַּדִּיקhaṣadîqThe just

וְהִרְשִׁיעוּwəhirəšîʿûAnd be

אֶתʾet—

הָרָשָׁעhārāšāʿThe wrong

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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