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Deuteronomy 25:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;


Deuteronomy 25:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 25:811 words
וְקָרְאוּwəqārəʾûAnd call out to
לוֹlwōTo
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity
וְדִבְּרוּwədibərûAnd arrange
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
וְעָמַדwəʿāmadAnd stand
וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
חָפַצְתִּיḥāp̄aṣətîIncline
לְקַחְתָּהּləqaḥətāhTo take
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְקָרְאוּwəqārəʾûAnd call out to
לוֹlwōTo
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity
וְדִבְּרוּwədibərûAnd arrange
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
וְעָמַדwəʿāmadAnd stand
וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
חָפַצְתִּיḥāp̄aṣətîIncline
לְקַחְתָּהּləqaḥətāhTo take

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