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Deuteronomy 6:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers,


Deuteronomy 6:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 6:1817 words
וְעָשִׂיתָwəʿāśîtāAnd do
הַיָּשָׁרhayāšārThe straight
וְהַטּוֹבwəhaṭwōvAnd the good
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יִיטַבyîṭavBe
לָךְlāḵəTo
וּבָאתָûvāʾtāAnd go
וְיָרַשְׁתָּwəyārašətāAnd occupy
אֶתʾet
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הַטֹּבָהhaṭōvāhThe good
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַאֲבֹתֶיךָlaʾăvōteyḵāTo father
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעָשִׂיתָwəʿāśîtāAnd do
הַיָּשָׁרhayāšārThe straight
וְהַטּוֹבwəhaṭwōvAnd the good
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
יִיטַבyîṭavBe
לָךְlāḵəTo
וּבָאתָûvāʾtāAnd go
וְיָרַשְׁתָּwəyārašətāAnd occupy
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הַטֹּבָהhaṭōvāhThe good
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַאֲבֹתֶיךָlaʾăvōteyḵāTo father

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