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Deuteronomy 5:21 — King James Version← Study notes

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.


Deuteronomy 5:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 5:2116 words
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תַחְמֹדtaḥəmōdDelight in
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
רֵעֶךָrēʿeḵāAssociate
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תִתְאַוֶּהtitəʾaûhWish for
בֵּיתbêtA house
רֵעֶךָrēʿeḵāAssociate
שָׂדֵהוּśādēhûField
וְעַבְדּוֹwəʿavədwōAnd servant
וַאֲמָתוֹwaʾămātwōAnd maid-servant
שׁוֹרוֹšwōrwōBullock
וַחֲמֹרוֹwaḥămōrwōAnd ass
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לְרֵעֶךָlərēʿeḵāTo associate
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תַחְמֹדtaḥəmōdDelight in
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
רֵעֶךָrēʿeḵāAssociate
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תִתְאַוֶּהtitəʾaûhWish for
בֵּיתbêtA house
רֵעֶךָrēʿeḵāAssociate
שָׂדֵהוּśādēhûField
וְעַבְדּוֹwəʿavədwōAnd servant
וַאֲמָתוֹwaʾămātwōAnd maid-servant
שׁוֹרוֹšwōrwōBullock
וַחֲמֹרוֹwaḥămōrwōAnd ass
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לְרֵעֶךָlərēʿeḵāTo associate

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