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Deuteronomy 5:24 — King James Version← Study notes

And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.


Deuteronomy 5:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 5:2423 words
וַתֹּאמְרוּwatōʾmərûAnd say
הֵןhēnLo!
הֶרְאָנוּherəʾānûSee
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵינוּʾĕlōhênûGod
אֶתʾet
כְּבֹדוֹkəvōdwōWeight
וְאֶתwəʾet
גָּדְלוֹgādəlwōMagnitude
וְאֶתwəʾet
קֹלוֹqōlwōVoice
שָׁמַעְנוּšāmaʿənûHear
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
רָאִינוּrāʾînûSee
כִּיRelative conjunction
יְדַבֵּרyədabērArrange
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾetNearness
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man
וָחָיwāḥāyAnd live
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּאמְרוּwatōʾmərûAnd say
הֵןhēnLo!
הֶרְאָנוּherəʾānûSee
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵינוּʾĕlōhênûGod
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כְּבֹדוֹkəvōdwōWeight
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
גָּדְלוֹgādəlwōMagnitude
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
קֹלוֹqōlwōVoice
שָׁמַעְנוּšāmaʿənûHear
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
רָאִינוּrāʾînûSee
כִּיRelative conjunction
יְדַבֵּרyədabērArrange
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾetNearness
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man
וָחָיwāḥāyAnd live

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