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Deuteronomy 4:32 — King James Version← Study notes

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?


Deuteronomy 4:32Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:3228 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
שְׁאַלšəʾalInquire
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
לְיָמִיםləyāmîmTo day
רִאשֹׁנִיםriʾšōnîmFirst
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הָיוּhāyûExist
לְפָנֶיךָləp̄āneyḵāTo face
לְמִןləminTo part
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בָּרָאbārāʾCreate
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אָדָםʾādāmMan
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וּלְמִקְצֵהûləmiqəṣēhAnd to from extremity
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far
קְצֵהqəṣēhExtremity
הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens
הֲנִהְיָהhănihəyāhExist
כַּדָּבָרkadāvārLike word
הַגָּדוֹלhagādwōlThe great
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אוֹʾwōDesire
הֲנִשְׁמַעhănišəmaʿHear
כָּמֹהוּkāmōhûAs
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
שְׁאַלšəʾalInquire
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
לְיָמִיםləyāmîmTo day
רִאשֹׁנִיםriʾšōnîmFirst
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הָיוּhāyûExist
לְפָנֶיךָləp̄āneyḵāTo face
לְמִןləminTo part
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בָּרָאbārāʾCreate
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אָדָםʾādāmMan
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וּלְמִקְצֵהûləmiqəṣēhAnd to from extremity
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far
קְצֵהqəṣēhExtremity
הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens
הֲנִהְיָהhănihəyāhExist
כַּדָּבָרkadāvārLike word
הַגָּדוֹלhagādwōlThe great
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אוֹʾwōDesire
הֲנִשְׁמַעhănišəmaʿHear
כָּמֹהוּkāmōhûAs

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