Deuteronomy 3:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.”

Deuteronomy 3:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 3:1822 words

וָאֲצַוwāʾăṣawAnd constitute

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

בָּעֵתbāʿētIn time

הַהִואhahiwʾThe he

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

נָתַןnātanGive

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

אֶתʾet—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy

חֲלוּצִיםḥălûṣîmPull off

תַּעַבְרוּtaʿavərûCross

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

אֲחֵיכֶםʾăḥêḵemBrother

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

כָּלkālWhole

בְּנֵיbənêSon

חָיִלḥāyilForce

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וָאֲצַוwāʾăṣawAnd constitute

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

בָּעֵתbāʿētIn time

הַהִואhahiwʾThe he

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

נָתַןnātanGive

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy

חֲלוּצִיםḥălûṣîmPull off

תַּעַבְרוּtaʿavərûCross

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

אֲחֵיכֶםʾăḥêḵemBrother

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

כָּלkālWhole

בְּנֵיbənêSon

חָיִלḥāyilForce

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