Deuteronomy 9:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,”

Deuteronomy 9:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:117 words

HebrewMeaning

שְׁמַ֣עšəmaʿ

hearverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לyiśərāʾēl

O IsraelnounH3478

אַתָּ֨הʾatāh

youprepH859

thou · ye · you

עֹבֵ֤רʿōbēr

are about to pass oververbH5674

alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···

הַ/יּוֹם֙haywōm

this dayparticleH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/יַּרְדֵּ֔ןhayarədēn

the JordanparticleH3383

לָ/בֹא֙lābōʾ

to gopronH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

לָ/רֶ֣שֶׁתlārešet

to dispossesspronH3423

consume · destroy · disinherit · dispossess ···

גּוֹיִ֔םgwōyim

nationsnounH1471

heathen · nation · people

גְּדֹלִ֥יםgədōliym

greatadjH1419

aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···

וַ/עֲצֻמִ֖יםwaʿăṣumiym

and mightyconjH6099

feeble · mighty · must · strong

מִמֶּ֑/ךָּmimekā

more than youpronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

עָרִ֛יםʿāriym

citiesnounH5892

city · court · town

גְּדֹלֹ֥תgədōlōt

largeadjH1419

aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···

וּ/בְצֻרֹ֖תwbəṣurōt

and fortifiedconjH1219

fenced · fortify · gather · mighty things ···

בַּ/שָּׁמָֽיִםbašāmāyim

in the heavenspronH8064

astrologer · heaven

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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