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Deuteronomy 31:19 — King James Version← Study notes

Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.


Deuteronomy 31:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 31:1920 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
כִּתְבוּkitəvûGrave
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
אֶתʾet
הַשִּׁירָהhašîrāhThe song
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
וְלַמְּדָהּwəlamədāhAnd goad
אֶתʾet
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
שִׂימָהּśîmāhPut
בְּפִיהֶםbəp̄îhemIn mouth
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist
לִּיTo
הַשִּׁירָהhašîrāhThe song
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
לְעֵדləʿēdTo witness
בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
כִּתְבוּkitəvûGrave
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַשִּׁירָהhašîrāhThe song
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
וְלַמְּדָהּwəlamədāhAnd goad
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
שִׂימָהּśîmāhPut
בְּפִיהֶםbəp̄îhemIn mouth
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist
לִּיTo
הַשִּׁירָהhašîrāhThe song
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
לְעֵדləʿēdTo witness
בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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