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Deuteronomy 8:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.


Deuteronomy 8:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 8:224 words
וְזָכַרְתָּwəzāḵarətāAnd mark
אֶתʾet
כָּלkālWhole
הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הֹלִיכֲךָhōlîḵăḵāWalk
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
זֶהzehThis
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
עַנֹּתְךָʿanōtəḵāDepress
לְנַסֹּתְךָlənasōtəḵāTo test
לָדַעַתlādaʿatTo know
אֶתʾet
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בִּלְבָבְךָbiləvāvəḵāIn heart
הֲתִשְׁמֹרhătišəmōrHedge
מצותוmṣwtwCommand
מִצְוֺתָיוmiṣəwōtāywCommand
אִםʾimLo!
לֹאlōʾNot
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְזָכַרְתָּwəzāḵarətāAnd mark
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הֹלִיכֲךָhōlîḵăḵāWalk
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
זֶהzehThis
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
עַנֹּתְךָʿanōtəḵāDepress
לְנַסֹּתְךָlənasōtəḵāTo test
לָדַעַתlādaʿatTo know
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בִּלְבָבְךָbiləvāvəḵāIn heart
הֲתִשְׁמֹרhătišəmōrHedge
מצותוmṣwtwCommand
מִצְוֺתָיוmiṣəwōtāywCommand
אִםʾimLo!
לֹאlōʾNot

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