Deuteronomy 30:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”
Deuteronomy 30:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 30:2025 words
לְאַהֲבָהləʾahăvāhTo have affection
אֶתʾet—
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לִשְׁמֹעַlišəmōʿaTo hear
בְּקֹלוֹbəqōlwōIn voice
וּלְדָבְקָהûlədāvəqāhAnd to impinge
בוֹvwōIn
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הוּאhûʾHe
חַיֶּיךָḥayeyḵāLiving
וְאֹרֶךְwəʾōreḵəAnd length
יָמֶיךָyāmeyḵāDay
לָשֶׁבֶתlāševetTo sit
עַלʿalAbove
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַאֲבֹתֶיךָlaʾăvōteyḵāTo father
לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham
לְיִצְחָקləyiṣəḥāqTo Isaac
וּלְיַעֲקֹבûləyaʿăqōvAnd to Jacob
לָתֵתlātētTo give
לָהֶםlāhemTo
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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