Deuteronomy 8:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.”

Deuteronomy 8:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 8:119 words

כָּלkālWhole

הַמִּצְוָהhamiṣəwāhThe command

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מְצַוְּךָməṣaûḵāConstitute

הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

תִּשְׁמְרוּןtišəmərûnHedge

לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

תִּחְיוּןtiḥəyûnLive

וּרְבִיתֶםûrəvîtemAnd increase

וּבָאתֶםûvāʾtemAnd go

וִירִשְׁתֶּםwîrišətemAnd occupy

אֶתʾet—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶםlaʾăvōtêḵemTo father

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

Word-by-word meanings

כָּלkālWhole

הַמִּצְוָהhamiṣəwāhThe command

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מְצַוְּךָməṣaûḵāConstitute

הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

תִּשְׁמְרוּןtišəmərûnHedge

לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

תִּחְיוּןtiḥəyûnLive

וּרְבִיתֶםûrəvîtemAnd increase

וּבָאתֶםûvāʾtemAnd go

וִירִשְׁתֶּםwîrišətemAnd occupy

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶםlaʾăvōtêḵemTo father

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