Deuteronomy 31:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:”

Deuteronomy 31:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 31:1224 words

הַקְהֵלhaqəhēlConvoke

אֶתʾet—

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man

וְהַנָּשִׁיםwəhanāšîmAnd the woman

וְהַטַּףwəhaṭap̄And the family

וְגֵרְךָwəgērəḵāAnd guest

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

יִשְׁמְעוּyišəməʿûHear

וּלְמַעַןûləmaʿanAnd heed

יִלְמְדוּyiləmədûGoad

וְיָרְאוּwəyārəʾûAnd fear

אֶתʾet—

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

וְשָׁמְרוּwəšāmərûAnd hedge

לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord

הַתּוֹרָהhatwōrāhThe precept

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

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

Word-by-word meanings

הַקְהֵלhaqəhēlConvoke

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man

וְהַנָּשִׁיםwəhanāšîmAnd the woman

וְהַטַּףwəhaṭap̄And the family

וְגֵרְךָwəgērəḵāAnd guest

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

יִשְׁמְעוּyišəməʿûHear

וּלְמַעַןûləmaʿanAnd heed

יִלְמְדוּyiləmədûGoad

וְיָרְאוּwəyārəʾûAnd fear

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

וְשָׁמְרוּwəšāmərûAnd hedge

לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord

הַתּוֹרָהhatwōrāhThe precept

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

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