Deuteronomy 4:23 — King James Version← Study notes
“Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.”
Deuteronomy 4:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:2320 words
הִשָּׁמְרוּhišāmərûHedge
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
פֶּןpenRemoval
תִּשְׁכְּחוּtišəkəḥûMislay
אֶתʾet—
בְּרִיתbərîtCompact
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
כָּרַתkāratCut
עִמָּכֶםʿimāḵemWith
וַעֲשִׂיתֶםwaʿăśîtemAnd do
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
פֶּסֶלpeselIdol
תְּמוּנַתtəmûnatPortioned
כֹּלkōlWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
צִוְּךָṣiûḵāConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
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