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Deuteronomy 5:25 — King James Version← Study notes

Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die.


Deuteronomy 5:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 5:2518 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
נָמוּתnāmûtDie
כִּיRelative conjunction
תֹאכְלֵנוּtōʾḵəlēnûEat
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
הַגְּדֹלָהhagədōlāhThe great
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
אִםʾimLo!
יֹסְפִיםyōsəp̄îmAdd
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
לִשְׁמֹעַlišəmōʿaTo hear
אֶתʾet
קוֹלqwōlVoice
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵינוּʾĕlōhênûGod
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
וָמָתְנוּwāmātənûAnd die
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
נָמוּתnāmûtDie
כִּיRelative conjunction
תֹאכְלֵנוּtōʾḵəlēnûEat
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
הַגְּדֹלָהhagədōlāhThe great
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
אִםʾimLo!
יֹסְפִיםyōsəp̄îmAdd
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
לִשְׁמֹעַlišəmōʿaTo hear
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
קוֹלqwōlVoice
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵינוּʾĕlōhênûGod
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
וָמָתְנוּwāmātənûAnd die

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