Deuteronomy 6:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?”

Deuteronomy 6:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 6:2014 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יִשְׁאָלְךָyišəʾāləḵāInquire

בִנְךָvinəḵāSon

מָחָרmāḥārDeferred

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

מָהmāhWhat?

הָעֵדֹתhāʿēdōtThe testimony

וְהַחֻקִּיםwəhaḥuqîmAnd the enactment

וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִיםwəhamišəpāṭîmAnd the verdict

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵינוּʾĕlōhênûGod

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

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

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