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Deuteronomy 34:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.


Deuteronomy 34:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 34:418 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
זֹאתzōʾtThis
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnišəbaʿətîSeven
לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham
לְיִצְחָקləyiṣəḥāqTo Isaac
וּלְיַעֲקֹבûləyaʿăqōvAnd to Jacob
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לְזַרְעֲךָləzarəʿăḵāTo seed
אֶתְּנֶנָּהʾetənenāhGive
הֶרְאִיתִיךָherəʾîtîḵāSee
בְעֵינֶיךָvəʿêneyḵāIn eye
וְשָׁמָּהwəšāmāhAnd there
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲבֹרtaʿăvōrCross
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
זֹאתzōʾtThis
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnišəbaʿətîSeven
לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham
לְיִצְחָקləyiṣəḥāqTo Isaac
וּלְיַעֲקֹבûləyaʿăqōvAnd to Jacob
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לְזַרְעֲךָləzarəʿăḵāTo seed
אֶתְּנֶנָּהʾetənenāhGive
הֶרְאִיתִיךָherəʾîtîḵāSee
בְעֵינֶיךָvəʿêneyḵāIn eye
וְשָׁמָּהwəšāmāhAnd there
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲבֹרtaʿăvōrCross

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