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Deuteronomy 4:25 — King James Version← Study notes

When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:


Deuteronomy 4:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:2518 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
תוֹלִידtwōlîdBear young
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
וּבְנֵיûvənêAnd son
בָנִיםvānîmSon
וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּםwənwōšanətemAnd be slack
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
וְהִשְׁחַתֶּםwəhišəḥatemAnd decay
וַעֲשִׂיתֶםwaʿăśîtemAnd do
פֶּסֶלpeselIdol
תְּמוּנַתtəmûnatPortioned
כֹּלkōlWhole
וַעֲשִׂיתֶםwaʿăśîtemAnd do
הָרַעhāraʿThe bad
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לְהַכְעִיסוֹləhaḵəʿîswōTo trouble
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
תוֹלִידtwōlîdBear young
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
וּבְנֵיûvənêAnd son
בָנִיםvānîmSon
וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּםwənwōšanətemAnd be slack
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
וְהִשְׁחַתֶּםwəhišəḥatemAnd decay
וַעֲשִׂיתֶםwaʿăśîtemAnd do
פֶּסֶלpeselIdol
תְּמוּנַתtəmûnatPortioned
כֹּלkōlWhole
וַעֲשִׂיתֶםwaʿăśîtemAnd do
הָרַעhāraʿThe bad
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לְהַכְעִיסוֹləhaḵəʿîswōTo trouble

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