Deuteronomy 7:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:”

Deuteronomy 7:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 7:1220 words

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

עֵקֶבʿēqevHeel

תִּשְׁמְעוּןtišəməʿûnHear

אֵתʾēt—

הַמִּשְׁפָּטִיםhamišəpāṭîmThe verdict

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge

וַעֲשִׂיתֶםwaʿăśîtemAnd do

אֹתָםʾōtām—

וְשָׁמַרwəšāmarAnd hedge

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

לְךָləḵāTo

אֶתʾet—

הַבְּרִיתhabərîtThe compact

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַחֶסֶדhaḥesedThe kindness

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven

לַאֲבֹתֶיךָlaʾăvōteyḵāTo father

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

עֵקֶבʿēqevHeel

תִּשְׁמְעוּןtišəməʿûnHear

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמִּשְׁפָּטִיםhamišəpāṭîmThe verdict

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge

וַעֲשִׂיתֶםwaʿăśîtemAnd do

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

וְשָׁמַרwəšāmarAnd hedge

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

לְךָləḵāTo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַבְּרִיתhabərîtThe compact

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחֶסֶדhaḥesedThe kindness

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven

לַאֲבֹתֶיךָlaʾăvōteyḵāTo father

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