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Deuteronomy 28:37 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.


Deuteronomy 28:37Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 28:3710 words
וְהָיִיתָwəhāyîtāAnd exist
לְשַׁמָּהləšamāhTo ruin
לְמָשָׁלləmāšālTo pithy
וְלִשְׁנִינָהwəlišənînāhAnd to pointed
בְּכֹלbəḵōlIn whole
הָעַמִּיםhāʿamîmThe people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְנַהֶגְךָyənahegəḵāDrive
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיִיתָwəhāyîtāAnd exist
לְשַׁמָּהləšamāhTo ruin
לְמָשָׁלləmāšālTo pithy
וְלִשְׁנִינָהwəlišənînāhAnd to pointed
בְּכֹלbəḵōlIn whole
הָעַמִּיםhāʿamîmThe people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְנַהֶגְךָyənahegəḵāDrive
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

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