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Deuteronomy 6:24 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.


Deuteronomy 6:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 6:2418 words
וַיְצַוֵּנוּwayəṣaûnûAnd constitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
אֶתʾet
כָּלkālWhole
הַחֻקִּיםhaḥuqîmThe enactment
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
לְיִרְאָהləyirəʾāhTo fear
אֶתʾet
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵינוּʾĕlōhênûGod
לְטוֹבləṭwōvTo good
לָנוּlānûTo
כָּלkālWhole
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day
לְחַיֹּתֵנוּləḥayōtēnûTo live
כְּהַיּוֹםkəhaywōmLike the day
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְצַוֵּנוּwayəṣaûnûAnd constitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
הַחֻקִּיםhaḥuqîmThe enactment
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
לְיִרְאָהləyirəʾāhTo fear
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵינוּʾĕlōhênûGod
לְטוֹבləṭwōvTo good
לָנוּlānûTo
כָּלkālWhole
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day
לְחַיֹּתֵנוּləḥayōtēnûTo live
כְּהַיּוֹםkəhaywōmLike the day
הַזֶּהhazehThe this

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