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Deuteronomy 4:28 — King James Version← Study notes

And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.


Deuteronomy 4:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:2817 words
וַעֲבַדְתֶּםwaʿăvadətemAnd work
שָׁםšāmThere
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction
יְדֵיyədêHand
אָדָםʾādāmMan
עֵץʿēṣTree
וָאֶבֶןwāʾevenAnd stone
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
יִרְאוּןyirəʾûnSee
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִשְׁמְעוּןyišəməʿûnHear
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יֹאכְלוּןyōʾḵəlûnEat
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְרִיחֻןyərîḥunBlow
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַעֲבַדְתֶּםwaʿăvadətemAnd work
שָׁםšāmThere
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction
יְדֵיyədêHand
אָדָםʾādāmMan
עֵץʿēṣTree
וָאֶבֶןwāʾevenAnd stone
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
יִרְאוּןyirəʾûnSee
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִשְׁמְעוּןyišəməʿûnHear
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יֹאכְלוּןyōʾḵəlûnEat
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְרִיחֻןyərîḥunBlow

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