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Deuteronomy 28:49 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;


Deuteronomy 28:49Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 28:4915 words
יִשָּׂאyiśāʾLift
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
גּוֹיgwōyNation
מֵרָחוֹקmērāḥwōqFrom remote
מִקְצֵהmiqəṣēhFrom extremity
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
יִדְאֶהyidəʾehDart
הַנָּשֶׁרhanāšerThe eagle
גּוֹיgwōyNation
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
תִשְׁמַעtišəmaʿHear
לְשֹׁנוֹləšōnwōTongue
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

יִשָּׂאyiśāʾLift
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
גּוֹיgwōyNation
מֵרָחוֹקmērāḥwōqFrom remote
מִקְצֵהmiqəṣēhFrom extremity
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
יִדְאֶהyidəʾehDart
הַנָּשֶׁרhanāšerThe eagle
גּוֹיgwōyNation
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
תִשְׁמַעtišəmaʿHear
לְשֹׁנוֹləšōnwōTongue

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