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Deuteronomy 33:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.


Deuteronomy 33:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 33:2117 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
רֵאשִׁיתrēʾšîtBeginning
לוֹlwōTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
שָׁםšāmThere
חֶלְקַתḥeləqatSmoothness
מְחֹקֵקməḥōqēqHack
סָפוּןsāp̄ûnHide by covering
וַיֵּתֵאwayētēʾAnd arrive
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
עָםʿāmPeople
צִדְקַתṣidəqatRightness
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
וּמִשְׁפָּטָיוûmišəpāṭāywAnd verdict
עִםʿimWith
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

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
רֵאשִׁיתrēʾšîtBeginning
לוֹlwōTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
שָׁםšāmThere
חֶלְקַתḥeləqatSmoothness
מְחֹקֵקməḥōqēqHack
סָפוּןsāp̄ûnHide by covering
וַיֵּתֵאwayētēʾAnd arrive
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
עָםʿāmPeople
צִדְקַתṣidəqatRightness
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
וּמִשְׁפָּטָיוûmišəpāṭāywAnd verdict
עִםʿimWith
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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