Deuteronomy 4:19 — King James Version← Study notes
“And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.”
Deuteronomy 4:19 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:1928 words
וּפֶןûp̄enAnd removal
תִּשָּׂאtiśāʾLift
עֵינֶיךָʿêneyḵāEye
הַשָּׁמַיְמָהhašāmayəmāhThe heavens
וְרָאִיתָwərāʾîtāAnd see
אֶתʾet—
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun
וְאֶתwəʾet—
הַיָּרֵחַhayārēḥaThe moon
וְאֶתwəʾet—
הַכּוֹכָבִיםhakwōḵāvîmThe star
כֹּלkōlWhole
צְבָאṣəvāʾMass
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וְנִדַּחְתָּwənidaḥətāAnd off
וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתָwəhišətaḥăwîtāAnd depress
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וַעֲבַדְתָּםwaʿăvadətāmAnd work
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
חָלַקḥālaqBe smooth
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֹתָםʾōtām—
לְכֹלləḵōlTo whole
הָעַמִּיםhāʿamîmThe people
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
כָּלkālWhole
הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens
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