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Deuteronomy 29:23 — King James Version← Study notes

And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:


Deuteronomy 29:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 29:2315 words
וְאָמְרוּwəʾāmərûAnd say
כָּלkālWhole
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
עַלʿalAbove
מֶהmehWhat?
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
כָּכָהkāḵāhJust so
לָאָרֶץlāʾāreṣTo earth
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
מֶהmehWhat?
חֳרִיḥŏrîBurning
הָאַףhāʾap̄The nose
הַגָּדוֹלhagādwōlThe great
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאָמְרוּwəʾāmərûAnd say
כָּלkālWhole
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
עַלʿalAbove
מֶהmehWhat?
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
כָּכָהkāḵāhJust so
לָאָרֶץlāʾāreṣTo earth
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
מֶהmehWhat?
חֳרִיḥŏrîBurning
הָאַףhāʾap̄The nose
הַגָּדוֹלhagādwōlThe great
הַזֶּהhazehThe this

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