Deuteronomy 28:13 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:”
Deuteronomy 28:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 28:1323 words
וּנְתָנְךָûnətānəḵāAnd give
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְרֹאשׁlərōʾšTo head
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
לְזָנָבləzānāvTo tail
וְהָיִיתָwəhāyîtāAnd exist
רַקraqLeanness
לְמַעְלָהləmaʿəlāhTo upper part
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תִהְיֶהtihəyehExist
לְמָטָּהləmāṭāhTo downward
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
תִשְׁמַעtišəmaʿHear
אֶלʾelNear
מִצְוֺתmiṣəwōtCommand
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
מְצַוְּךָməṣaûḵāConstitute
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
לִשְׁמֹרlišəmōrTo hedge
וְלַעֲשׂוֹתwəlaʿăśwōtAnd to do
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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