Deuteronomy 6:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.”

Deuteronomy 6:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 6:223 words

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

תִּירָאtîrāʾFear

אֶתʾet—

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

לִשְׁמֹרlišəmōrTo hedge

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

חֻקֹּתָיוḥuqōtāywAppointed

וּמִצְוֺתָיוûmiṣəwōtāywAnd command

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מְצַוֶּךָməṣaûḵāConstitute

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

וּבִנְךָûvinəḵāAnd son

וּבֶןûvenAnd son

בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon

כֹּלkōlWhole

יְמֵיyəmêDay

חַיֶּיךָḥayeyḵāLiving

וּלְמַעַןûləmaʿanAnd heed

יַאֲרִכֻןyaʾăriḵunBe

יָמֶיךָyāmeyḵāDay

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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