Deuteronomy 4:26 — King James Version← Study notes
“I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.”
Deuteronomy 4:26 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:2627 words
הַעִידֹתִיhaʿîdōtîDuplicate
בָכֶםvāḵemIn
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
אֶתʾet—
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וְאֶתwəʾet—
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אָבֹדʾāvōdWander
תֹּאבֵדוּןtōʾvēdûnWander
מַהֵרmahērHurrying
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
עֹבְרִיםʿōvərîmCross
אֶתʾet—
הַיַּרְדֵּןhayarədēnThe Jarden
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy
לֹאlōʾNot
תַאֲרִיכֻןtaʾărîḵunBe
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הִשָּׁמֵדhišāmēdDesolate
תִּשָּׁמֵדוּןtišāmēdûnDesolate
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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