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Deuteronomy 26:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:


Deuteronomy 26:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 26:520 words
וְעָנִיתָwəʿānîtāAnd eye
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֲרַמִּיʾăramîAramite
אֹבֵדʾōvēdWander
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וַיֵּרֶדwayēredAnd descend
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
וַיָּגָרwayāgārAnd turn
שָׁםšāmThere
בִּמְתֵיbimətêIn adult
מְעָטməʿāṭLittle
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
שָׁםšāmThere
לְגוֹיləgwōyTo nation
גָּדוֹלgādwōlGreat
עָצוּםʿāṣûmPowerful
וָרָבwārāvAnd abundant
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעָנִיתָwəʿānîtāAnd eye
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֲרַמִּיʾăramîAramite
אֹבֵדʾōvēdWander
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וַיֵּרֶדwayēredAnd descend
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
וַיָּגָרwayāgārAnd turn
שָׁםšāmThere
בִּמְתֵיbimətêIn adult
מְעָטməʿāṭLittle
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
שָׁםšāmThere
לְגוֹיləgwōyTo nation
גָּדוֹלgādwōlGreat
עָצוּםʿāṣûmPowerful
וָרָבwārāvAnd abundant

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