Deuteronomy 31:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.”
Deuteronomy 31:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 31:2022 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אֲבִיאֶנּוּʾăvîʾenûGo
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnišəbaʿətîSeven
לַאֲבֹתָיוlaʾăvōtāywTo father
זָבַתzāvatFlow
חָלָבḥālāvMilk
וּדְבַשׁûdəvašAnd honey
וְאָכַלwəʾāḵalAnd eat
וְשָׂבַעwəśāvaʿAnd sate
וְדָשֵׁןwədāšēnAnd be fat
וּפָנָהûp̄ānāhAnd turn
אֶלʾelNear
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֲחֵרִיםʾăḥērîmHinder
וַעֲבָדוּםwaʿăvādûmAnd work
וְנִאֲצוּנִיwəniʾăṣûnîAnd scorn
וְהֵפֵרwəhēp̄ērAnd break up
אֶתʾet—
בְּרִיתִיbərîtîCompact
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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