Deuteronomy 4:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;”
Deuteronomy 4:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:923 words
רַקraqLeanness
הִשָּׁמֶרhišāmerHedge
לְךָləḵāTo
וּשְׁמֹרûšəmōrAnd hedge
נַפְשְׁךָnap̄əšəḵāSoul
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
פֶּןpenRemoval
תִּשְׁכַּחtišəkaḥMislay
אֶתʾet—
הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
רָאוּrāʾûSee
עֵינֶיךָʿêneyḵāEye
וּפֶןûp̄enAnd removal
יָסוּרוּyāsûrûTurn
מִלְּבָבְךָmiləvāvəḵāFrom heart
כֹּלkōlWhole
יְמֵיyəmêDay
חַיֶּיךָḥayeyḵāLiving
וְהוֹדַעְתָּםwəhwōdaʿətāmAnd know
לְבָנֶיךָləvāneyḵāTo son
וְלִבְנֵיwəlivənêAnd to son
בָנֶיךָvāneyḵāSon
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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