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Deuteronomy 4:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.


Deuteronomy 4:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:124 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
שְׁמַעšəmaʿHear
אֶלʾelNear
הַחֻקִּיםhaḥuqîmThe enactment
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
הַמִּשְׁפָּטִיםhamišəpāṭîmThe verdict
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
מְלַמֵּדməlamēdGoad
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
תִּחְיוּtiḥəyûLive
וּבָאתֶםûvāʾtemAnd go
וִירִשְׁתֶּםwîrišətemAnd occupy
אֶתʾet
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אֲבֹתֵיכֶםʾăvōtêḵemFather
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
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
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
שְׁמַעšəmaʿHear
אֶלʾelNear
הַחֻקִּיםhaḥuqîmThe enactment
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
הַמִּשְׁפָּטִיםhamišəpāṭîmThe verdict
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
מְלַמֵּדməlamēdGoad
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
תִּחְיוּtiḥəyûLive
וּבָאתֶםûvāʾtemAnd go
וִירִשְׁתֶּםwîrišətemAnd occupy
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אֲבֹתֵיכֶםʾăvōtêḵemFather
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָכֶםlāḵemTo

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