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Deuteronomy 28:29 — King James Version← Study notes

“And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.”

Deuteronomy 28:29 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 28:2919 words
וְהָיִיתָwəhāyîtāAnd exist
מְמַשֵּׁשׁməmašēšFeel of
בַּצָּהֳרַיִםbaṣāhŏrayimIn light
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
יְמַשֵּׁשׁyəmašēšFeel of
הָעִוֵּרhāʿiûrThe blind
בָּאֲפֵלָהbāʾăp̄ēlāhIn duskiness
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תַצְלִיחַtaṣəlîḥaPush
אֶתʾet—
דְּרָכֶיךָdərāḵeyḵāRoad
וְהָיִיתָwəhāyîtāAnd exist
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
עָשׁוּקʿāšûqPress upon
וְגָזוּלwəgāzûlAnd pluck off
כָּלkālWhole
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day
וְאֵיןwəʾênAnd nonentity
מוֹשִׁיעַmwōšîʿaBe open
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיִיתָwəhāyîtāAnd exist
מְמַשֵּׁשׁməmašēšFeel of
בַּצָּהֳרַיִםbaṣāhŏrayimIn light
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
יְמַשֵּׁשׁyəmašēšFeel of
הָעִוֵּרhāʿiûrThe blind
בָּאֲפֵלָהbāʾăp̄ēlāhIn duskiness
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תַצְלִיחַtaṣəlîḥaPush
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
דְּרָכֶיךָdərāḵeyḵāRoad
וְהָיִיתָwəhāyîtāAnd exist
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
עָשׁוּקʿāšûqPress upon
וְגָזוּלwəgāzûlAnd pluck off
כָּלkālWhole
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day
וְאֵיןwəʾênAnd nonentity
מוֹשִׁיעַmwōšîʿaBe open

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