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Deuteronomy 4:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.


Deuteronomy 4:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:1214 words
וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֲלֵיכֶםʾălêḵemNear
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
קוֹלqwōlVoice
דְּבָרִיםdəvārîmWord
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
שֹׁמְעִיםšōməʿîmHear
וּתְמוּנָהûtəmûnāhAnd portioned
אֵינְכֶםʾênəḵemNonentity
רֹאִיםrōʾîmSee
זוּלָתִיzûlātîScattering
קוֹלqwōlVoice
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֲלֵיכֶםʾălêḵemNear
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
קוֹלqwōlVoice
דְּבָרִיםdəvārîmWord
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
שֹׁמְעִיםšōməʿîmHear
וּתְמוּנָהûtəmûnāhAnd portioned
אֵינְכֶםʾênəḵemNonentity
רֹאִיםrōʾîmSee
זוּלָתִיzûlātîScattering
קוֹלqwōlVoice

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