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Deuteronomy 5:29 — King James Version← Study notes

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!


Deuteronomy 5:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 5:2919 words
מִיWho?
יִתֵּןyitēnGive
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
לְבָבָםləvāvāmHeart
זֶהzehThis
לָהֶםlāhemTo
לְיִרְאָהləyirəʾāhTo fear
אֹתִיʾōtî
וְלִשְׁמֹרwəlišəmōrAnd to hedge
אֶתʾet
כָּלkālWhole
מִצְוֺתַיmiṣəwōtayCommand
כָּלkālWhole
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יִיטַבyîṭavBe
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וְלִבְנֵיהֶםwəlivənêhemAnd to son
לְעֹלָםləʿōlāmTo concealed
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

מִיWho?
יִתֵּןyitēnGive
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
לְבָבָםləvāvāmHeart
זֶהzehThis
לָהֶםlāhemTo
לְיִרְאָהləyirəʾāhTo fear
אֹתִיʾōtîdirect object marker (no translation)
וְלִשְׁמֹרwəlišəmōrAnd to hedge
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
מִצְוֺתַיmiṣəwōtayCommand
כָּלkālWhole
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יִיטַבyîṭavBe
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וְלִבְנֵיהֶםwəlivənêhemAnd to son
לְעֹלָםləʿōlāmTo concealed

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