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Deuteronomy 27:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.


Deuteronomy 27:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 27:511 words
וּבָנִיתָûvānîtāAnd build
שָּׁםšāmThere
מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone
לֹאlōʾNot
תָנִיףtānîp̄Quiver
עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove
בַּרְזֶלbarəzelIron
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּבָנִיתָûvānîtāAnd build
שָּׁםšāmThere
מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone
לֹאlōʾNot
תָנִיףtānîp̄Quiver
עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove
בַּרְזֶלbarəzelIron

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