Deuteronomy 5:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”
Deuteronomy 5:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 5:1622 words
כַּבֵּדkabēdBe heavy
אֶתʾet—
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
וְאֶתwəʾet—
אִמֶּךָʾimeḵāMother
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוְּךָṣiûḵāConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יַאֲרִיכֻןyaʾărîḵunBe
יָמֶיךָyāmeyḵāDay
וּלְמַעַןûləmaʿanAnd heed
יִיטַבyîṭavBe
לָךְlāḵəTo
עַלʿalAbove
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָךְlāḵəTo
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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