Deuteronomy 4:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
Deuteronomy 4:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:622 words
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge
וַעֲשִׂיתֶםwaʿăśîtemAnd do
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הִואhiwʾHe
חָכְמַתְכֶםḥāḵəmatəḵemWisdom
וּבִינַתְכֶםûvînatəḵemAnd understanding
לְעֵינֵיləʿênêTo eye
הָעַמִּיםhāʿamîmThe people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִשְׁמְעוּןyišəməʿûnHear
אֵתʾēt—
כָּלkālWhole
הַחֻקִּיםhaḥuqîmThe enactment
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
וְאָמְרוּwəʾāmərûAnd say
רַקraqLeanness
עַםʿamPeople
חָכָםḥāḵāmWise
וְנָבוֹןwənāvwōnAnd separate
הַגּוֹיhagwōyThe nation
הַגָּדוֹלhagādwōlThe great
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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