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Deuteronomy 28:12 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.


Deuteronomy 28:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 28:1223 words
יִפְתַּחyip̄ətaḥOpen wide
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְךָləḵāTo
אֶתʾet
אוֹצָרוֹʾwōṣārwōDepository
הַטּוֹבhaṭwōvThe good
אֶתʾet
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
לָתֵתlātētTo give
מְטַרməṭarRain
אַרְצְךָʾarəṣəḵāEarth
בְּעִתּוֹbəʿitwōIn time
וּלְבָרֵךְûləvārēḵəAnd to kneel
אֵתʾēt
כָּלkālWhole
מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction
יָדֶךָyādeḵāHand
וְהִלְוִיתָwəhiləwîtāAnd twine
גּוֹיִםgwōyimNation
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
לֹאlōʾNot
תִלְוֶהtiləwehTwine
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

יִפְתַּחyip̄ətaḥOpen wide
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְךָləḵāTo
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אוֹצָרוֹʾwōṣārwōDepository
הַטּוֹבhaṭwōvThe good
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
לָתֵתlātētTo give
מְטַרməṭarRain
אַרְצְךָʾarəṣəḵāEarth
בְּעִתּוֹbəʿitwōIn time
וּלְבָרֵךְûləvārēḵəAnd to kneel
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction
יָדֶךָyādeḵāHand
וְהִלְוִיתָwəhiləwîtāAnd twine
גּוֹיִםgwōyimNation
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
לֹאlōʾNot
תִלְוֶהtiləwehTwine

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