Deuteronomy 4:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.”

Deuteronomy 4:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:220 words

לֹאlōʾNot

תֹסִפוּtōsip̄ûAdd

עַלʿalAbove

הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מְצַוֶּהməṣaûhConstitute

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תִגְרְעוּtigərəʿûScrape

מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart

לִשְׁמֹרlišəmōrTo hedge

אֶתʾet—

מִצְוֺתmiṣəwōtCommand

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מְצַוֶּהməṣaûhConstitute

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot

תֹסִפוּtōsip̄ûAdd

עַלʿalAbove

הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מְצַוֶּהməṣaûhConstitute

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תִגְרְעוּtigərəʿûScrape

מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart

לִשְׁמֹרlišəmōrTo hedge

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מִצְוֺתmiṣəwōtCommand

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מְצַוֶּהməṣaûhConstitute

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

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