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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 4:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:622 words
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge
וַעֲשִׂיתֶםwaʿăśîtemAnd do
כִּיRelative 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge
וַעֲשִׂיתֶםwaʿăśîtemAnd do
כִּיRelative conjunction
הִואhiwʾHe
חָכְמַתְכֶםḥāḵəmatəḵemWisdom
וּבִינַתְכֶםûvînatəḵemAnd understanding
לְעֵינֵיləʿênêTo eye
הָעַמִּיםhāʿamîmThe people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִשְׁמְעוּןyišəməʿûnHear
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
הַחֻקִּיםhaḥuqîmThe enactment
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
וְאָמְרוּwəʾāmərûAnd say
רַקraqLeanness
עַםʿamPeople
חָכָםḥāḵāmWise
וְנָבוֹןwənāvwōnAnd separate
הַגּוֹיhagwōyThe nation
הַגָּדוֹלhagādwōlThe great
הַזֶּהhazehThe this

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