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Deuteronomy 29:18 — King James Version← Study notes

Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;


Deuteronomy 29:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 29:1821 words
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
בְּשָׁמְעוֹbəšāməʿwōIn hear
אֶתʾet
דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord
הָאָלָהhāʾālāhThe imprecation
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
וְהִתְבָּרֵךְwəhitəbārēḵəAnd kneel
בִּלְבָבוֹbiləvāvwōIn heart
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
שָׁלוֹםšālwōmSafe
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לִּיTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
בִּשְׁרִרוּתbišərirûtIn obstinacy
לִבִּיlibîHeart
אֵלֵךְʾēlēḵəWalk
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
סְפוֹתsəp̄wōtScrape
הָרָוָהhārāwāhThe sated
אֶתʾetNearness
הַצְּמֵאָהhaṣəmēʾāhThe thirsty
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
בְּשָׁמְעוֹbəšāməʿwōIn hear
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord
הָאָלָהhāʾālāhThe imprecation
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
וְהִתְבָּרֵךְwəhitəbārēḵəAnd kneel
בִּלְבָבוֹbiləvāvwōIn heart
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
שָׁלוֹםšālwōmSafe
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לִּיTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
בִּשְׁרִרוּתbišərirûtIn obstinacy
לִבִּיlibîHeart
אֵלֵךְʾēlēḵəWalk
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
סְפוֹתsəp̄wōtScrape
הָרָוָהhārāwāhThe sated
אֶתʾetNearness
הַצְּמֵאָהhaṣəmēʾāhThe thirsty

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