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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 8:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 8:328 words
וַיְעַנְּךָwayəʿanəḵāAnd depress
וַיַּרְעִבֶךָwayarəʿiveḵāAnd hunger
וַיַּאֲכִלְךָwayaʾăḵiləḵāAnd eat
אֶתʾet
הַמָּןhamānThe whatness
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
יָדַעְתָּyādaʿətāKnow
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָדְעוּןyādəʿûnKnow
אֲבֹתֶיךָʾăvōteyḵāFather
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
הוֹדִעֲךָhwōdiʿăḵāKnow
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
עַלʿalAbove
הַלֶּחֶםhaleḥemThe food
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
יִחְיֶהyiḥəyehLive
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַלʿalAbove
כָּלkālWhole
מוֹצָאmwōṣāʾGoing forth
פִיp̄îMouth
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
יִחְיֶהyiḥəyehLive
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְעַנְּךָwayəʿanəḵāAnd depress
וַיַּרְעִבֶךָwayarəʿiveḵāAnd hunger
וַיַּאֲכִלְךָwayaʾăḵiləḵāAnd eat
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַמָּןhamānThe whatness
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
יָדַעְתָּyādaʿətāKnow
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָדְעוּןyādəʿûnKnow
אֲבֹתֶיךָʾăvōteyḵāFather
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
הוֹדִעֲךָhwōdiʿăḵāKnow
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
עַלʿalAbove
הַלֶּחֶםhaleḥemThe food
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
יִחְיֶהyiḥəyehLive
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַלʿalAbove
כָּלkālWhole
מוֹצָאmwōṣāʾGoing forth
פִיp̄îMouth
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
יִחְיֶהyiḥəyehLive
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man

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