“Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,”
Deuteronomy 4:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:1612 words
HebrewMeaning
פֶּ֨ןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
תַּשְׁחִת֔וּ/ןtašəḥitwn
you should act corruptly !verbH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
וַ/עֲשִׂיתֶ֥םwaʿăśiytem
and you will makeconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לָ/כֶ֛םlākem
pron
פֶּ֖סֶלpesel
an image ofnounH6459
תְּמוּנַ֣תtəmwnat
a form ofnounH8544
likeness · similitude
כָּלkāl
anynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
סָ֑מֶלsāmel
figurenounH5566
idol · image
תַּבְנִ֥יתtabəniyt
a likeness ofnounH8403
form · likeness · pattern · similitude
זָכָ֖רzākār
a maleadjH2145
him · man(child · -kind)
א֥וֹʾwō
orconjH176
and · either · if · at the least ···
נְקֵבָֽהnəqēbāh
a femalenounH5347
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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