Deuteronomy 8:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.”
Deuteronomy 8:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 8:328 words
וַיְעַנְּךָwayəʿanəḵāAnd depress
וַיַּרְעִבֶךָwayarəʿiveḵāAnd hunger
וַיַּאֲכִלְךָwayaʾăḵiləḵāAnd eat
אֶתʾet—
הַמָּןhamānThe whatness
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
יָדַעְתָּyādaʿətāKnow
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָדְעוּןyādəʿûnKnow
אֲבֹתֶיךָʾăvōteyḵāFather
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
הוֹדִעֲךָhwōdiʿăḵāKnow
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
עַלʿalAbove
הַלֶּחֶםhaleḥemThe food
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
יִחְיֶהyiḥəyehLive
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עַלʿalAbove
כָּלkālWhole
מוֹצָאmwōṣāʾGoing forth
פִיp̄îMouth
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
יִחְיֶהyiḥəyehLive
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man
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