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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 4:23Hebrew 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

הִשָּׁמְרוּhišāmərûHedge
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
פֶּןpenRemoval
תִּשְׁכְּחוּtišəkəḥûMislay
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּרִיתbərîtCompact
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
כָּרַתkāratCut
עִמָּכֶםʿimāḵemWith
וַעֲשִׂיתֶםwaʿăśîtemAnd do
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
פֶּסֶלpeselIdol
תְּמוּנַתtəmûnatPortioned
כֹּלkōlWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
צִוְּךָṣiûḵāConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

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