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Deuteronomy 4:36 — King James Version← Study notes

Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.


Deuteronomy 4:36Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:3616 words
מִןminPart
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
הִשְׁמִיעֲךָhišəmîʿăḵāHear
אֶתʾet
קֹלוֹqōlwōVoice
לְיַסְּרֶךָּləyasərekāTo chastise
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הֶרְאֲךָherəʾăḵāSee
אֶתʾet
אִשּׁוֹʾišwōFire
הַגְּדוֹלָהhagədwōlāhThe great
וּדְבָרָיוûdəvārāywAnd word
שָׁמַעְתָּšāmaʿətāHear
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

מִןminPart
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
הִשְׁמִיעֲךָhišəmîʿăḵāHear
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
קֹלוֹqōlwōVoice
לְיַסְּרֶךָּləyasərekāTo chastise
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הֶרְאֲךָherəʾăḵāSee
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אִשּׁוֹʾišwōFire
הַגְּדוֹלָהhagədwōlāhThe great
וּדְבָרָיוûdəvārāywAnd word
שָׁמַעְתָּšāmaʿətāHear
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire

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