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Deuteronomy 5:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,


Deuteronomy 5:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 5:921 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהtišətaḥăwehDepress
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תָעָבְדֵםtāʿāvədēmWork
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֵלʾēlStrength
קַנָּאqanāʾJealous
פֹּקֵדpōqēdVisit
עֲוֺןʿăwōnPerversity
אָבוֹתʾāvwōtFather
עַלʿalAbove
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
שִׁלֵּשִׁיםšilēšîmThird
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
רִבֵּעִיםribēʿîmFourth
לְשֹׂנְאָיləśōnəʾāyTo hate
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהtišətaḥăwehDepress
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תָעָבְדֵםtāʿāvədēmWork
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֵלʾēlStrength
קַנָּאqanāʾJealous
פֹּקֵדpōqēdVisit
עֲוֺןʿăwōnPerversity
אָבוֹתʾāvwōtFather
עַלʿalAbove
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
שִׁלֵּשִׁיםšilēšîmThird
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
רִבֵּעִיםribēʿîmFourth
לְשֹׂנְאָיləśōnəʾāyTo hate

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