Deuteronomy 4:40 — King James Version← Study notes
“Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.”
Deuteronomy 4:40 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:4026 words
וְשָׁמַרְתָּwəšāmarətāAnd hedge
אֶתʾet—
חֻקָּיוḥuqāywEnactment
וְאֶתwəʾet—
מִצְוֺתָיוmiṣəwōtāywCommand
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
מְצַוְּךָməṣaûḵāConstitute
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִיטַבyîṭavBe
לְךָləḵāTo
וּלְבָנֶיךָûləvāneyḵāAnd to son
אַחֲרֶיךָʾaḥăreyḵāThe hind part
וּלְמַעַןûləmaʿanAnd heed
תַּאֲרִיךְtaʾărîḵəBe
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
עַלʿalAbove
הַאֲדָמָהhaʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לְךָləḵāTo
כָּלkālWhole
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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