Deuteronomy 31:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.”
Deuteronomy 31:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 31:1628 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
הִנְּךָhinəḵāLo!
שֹׁכֵבšōḵēvLie down
עִםʿimWith
אֲבֹתֶיךָʾăvōteyḵāFather
וְקָםwəqāmAnd rise
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
וְזָנָהwəzānāhAnd commit adultery
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
נֵכַרnēḵarForeign
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הוּאhûʾHe
בָאvāʾGo
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
בְּקִרְבּוֹbəqirəbwōIn nearest
וַעֲזָבַנִיwaʿăzāvanîAnd loosen
וְהֵפֵרwəhēp̄ērAnd break up
אֶתʾet—
בְּרִיתִיbərîtîCompact
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
כָּרַתִּיkāratîCut
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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