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Deuteronomy 8:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;


Deuteronomy 8:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 8:1613 words
הַמַּאֲכִלְךָhamaʾăḵiləḵāThe eat
מָןmānWhatness
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
יָדְעוּןyādəʿûnKnow
אֲבֹתֶיךָʾăvōteyḵāFather
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
עַנֹּתְךָʿanōtəḵāDepress
וּלְמַעַןûləmaʿanAnd heed
נַסֹּתֶךָnasōteḵāTest
לְהֵיטִבְךָləhêṭivəḵāTo be
בְּאַחֲרִיתֶךָbəʾaḥărîteḵāIn last
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

הַמַּאֲכִלְךָhamaʾăḵiləḵāThe eat
מָןmānWhatness
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
יָדְעוּןyādəʿûnKnow
אֲבֹתֶיךָʾăvōteyḵāFather
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
עַנֹּתְךָʿanōtəḵāDepress
וּלְמַעַןûləmaʿanAnd heed
נַסֹּתֶךָnasōteḵāTest
לְהֵיטִבְךָləhêṭivəḵāTo be
בְּאַחֲרִיתֶךָbəʾaḥărîteḵāIn last

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