Sign in
Deuteronomy 5:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:


Deuteronomy 5:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 5:816 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לְךָləḵāTo
פֶסֶלp̄eselIdol
כָּלkālWhole
תְּמוּנָהtəmûnāhPortioned
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בַּשָּׁמַיִםbašāmayimIn heavens
מִמַּעַלmimaʿalFrom upper part
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
מִתָּחַתmitāḥatFrom bottom
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
בַּמַּיִםbamayimIn waters
מִתַּחַתmitaḥatFrom bottom
לָאָרֶץlāʾāreṣTo earth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לְךָləḵāTo
פֶסֶלp̄eselIdol
כָּלkālWhole
תְּמוּנָהtəmûnāhPortioned
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בַּשָּׁמַיִםbašāmayimIn heavens
מִמַּעַלmimaʿalFrom upper part
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
מִתָּחַתmitāḥatFrom bottom
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
בַּמַּיִםbamayimIn waters
מִתַּחַתmitaḥatFrom bottom
לָאָרֶץlāʾāreṣTo earth

Explore community notes on Deuteronomy 5:8

Study summaries, cross-references, and discussion

Open verse →