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Deuteronomy 29:12 — King James Version← Study notes

That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:


Deuteronomy 29:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 29:1219 words
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
הָקִיםhāqîmRise
אֹתְךָʾōtəḵā
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
לוֹlwōTo
לְעָםləʿāmTo people
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לְּךָləḵāTo
לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְכַאֲשֶׁרwəḵaʾăšerAnd like who
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
לַאֲבֹתֶיךָlaʾăvōteyḵāTo father
לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham
לְיִצְחָקləyiṣəḥāqTo Isaac
וּלְיַעֲקֹבûləyaʿăqōvAnd to Jacob
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
הָקִיםhāqîmRise
אֹתְךָʾōtəḵādirect object marker (no translation)
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
לוֹlwōTo
לְעָםləʿāmTo people
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לְּךָləḵāTo
לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְכַאֲשֶׁרwəḵaʾăšerAnd like who
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
לַאֲבֹתֶיךָlaʾăvōteyḵāTo father
לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham
לְיִצְחָקləyiṣəḥāqTo Isaac
וּלְיַעֲקֹבûləyaʿăqōvAnd to Jacob

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