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Deuteronomy 28:23 — King James Version← Study notes

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.


Deuteronomy 28:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 28:2310 words
וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist
שָׁמֶיךָšāmeyḵāHeavens
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
רֹאשְׁךָrōʾšəḵāHead
נְחֹשֶׁתnəḥōšetCopper
וְהָאָרֶץwəhāʾāreṣAnd the earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תַּחְתֶּיךָtaḥəteyḵāBottom
בַּרְזֶלbarəzelIron
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist
שָׁמֶיךָšāmeyḵāHeavens
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
רֹאשְׁךָrōʾšəḵāHead
נְחֹשֶׁתnəḥōšetCopper
וְהָאָרֶץwəhāʾāreṣAnd the earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תַּחְתֶּיךָtaḥəteyḵāBottom
בַּרְזֶלbarəzelIron

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