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Deuteronomy 32:21 — King James Version← Study notes

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.


Deuteronomy 32:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 32:2113 words
הֵםhēmThey
קִנְאוּנִיqinəʾûnîBe
בְלֹאvəlōʾIn not
אֵלʾēlStrength
כִּעֲסוּנִיkiʿăsûnîTrouble
בְּהַבְלֵיהֶםbəhavəlêhemIn emptiness
וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I
אַקְנִיאֵםʾaqənîʾēmBe
בְּלֹאbəlōʾIn not
עָםʿāmPeople
בְּגוֹיbəgwōyIn nation
נָבָלnāvālStupid
אַכְעִיסֵםʾaḵəʿîsēmTrouble
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

הֵםhēmThey
קִנְאוּנִיqinəʾûnîBe
בְלֹאvəlōʾIn not
אֵלʾēlStrength
כִּעֲסוּנִיkiʿăsûnîTrouble
בְּהַבְלֵיהֶםbəhavəlêhemIn emptiness
וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I
אַקְנִיאֵםʾaqənîʾēmBe
בְּלֹאbəlōʾIn not
עָםʿāmPeople
בְּגוֹיbəgwōyIn nation
נָבָלnāvālStupid
אַכְעִיסֵםʾaḵəʿîsēmTrouble

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