Deuteronomy 4:31 — King James Version← Study notes

“(For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.”

Deuteronomy 4:31 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:3117 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֵלʾēlStrength

רַחוּםraḥûmCompassionate

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

לֹאlōʾNot

יַרְפְּךָyarəpəḵāSlacken

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יַשְׁחִיתֶךָyašəḥîteḵāDecay

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִשְׁכַּחyišəkaḥMislay

אֶתʾet—

בְּרִיתbərîtCompact

אֲבֹתֶיךָʾăvōteyḵāFather

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven

לָהֶםlāhemTo

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֵלʾēlStrength

רַחוּםraḥûmCompassionate

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

לֹאlōʾNot

יַרְפְּךָyarəpəḵāSlacken

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יַשְׁחִיתֶךָyašəḥîteḵāDecay

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִשְׁכַּחyišəkaḥMislay

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּרִיתbərîtCompact

אֲבֹתֶיךָʾăvōteyḵāFather

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven

לָהֶםlāhemTo

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