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Deuteronomy 7:5 — King James Version← Study notes

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.


Deuteronomy 7:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 7:514 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
כֹּהkōhLike this
תַעֲשׂוּtaʿăśûDo
לָהֶםlāhemTo
מִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶםmizəbəḥōtêhemAltar
תִּתֹּצוּtitōṣûTear
וּמַצֵּבֹתָםûmaṣēvōtāmAnd stationed
תְּשַׁבֵּרוּtəšabērûBurst
וַאֲשֵׁירֵהֶםwaʾăšêrēhemAnd Asherah
תְּגַדֵּעוּןtəgadēʿûnFell
וּפְסִילֵיהֶםûp̄əsîlêhemAnd idol
תִּשְׂרְפוּןtiśərəp̄ûnBe
בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
כֹּהkōhLike this
תַעֲשׂוּtaʿăśûDo
לָהֶםlāhemTo
מִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶםmizəbəḥōtêhemAltar
תִּתֹּצוּtitōṣûTear
וּמַצֵּבֹתָםûmaṣēvōtāmAnd stationed
תְּשַׁבֵּרוּtəšabērûBurst
וַאֲשֵׁירֵהֶםwaʾăšêrēhemAnd Asherah
תְּגַדֵּעוּןtəgadēʿûnFell
וּפְסִילֵיהֶםûp̄əsîlêhemAnd idol
תִּשְׂרְפוּןtiśərəp̄ûnBe
בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire

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