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Deuteronomy 9:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.


Deuteronomy 9:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:1824 words
וָאֶתְנַפַּלwāʾetənapalAnd fall
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
כָּרִאשֹׁנָהkāriʾšōnāhLike first
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
יוֹםywōmDay
וְאַרְבָּעִיםwəʾarəbāʿîmAnd forty
לַיְלָהlayəlāhTwist
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
לֹאlōʾNot
אָכַלְתִּיʾāḵalətîEat
וּמַיִםûmayimAnd waters
לֹאlōʾNot
שָׁתִיתִיšātîtîImbibe
עַלʿalAbove
כָּלkālWhole
חַטַּאתְכֶםḥaṭaʾtəḵemOffence
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
חֲטָאתֶםḥăṭāʾtemMiss
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
הָרַעhāraʿThe bad
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְהַכְעִיסוֹləhaḵəʿîswōTo trouble
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וָאֶתְנַפַּלwāʾetənapalAnd fall
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
כָּרִאשֹׁנָהkāriʾšōnāhLike first
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
יוֹםywōmDay
וְאַרְבָּעִיםwəʾarəbāʿîmAnd forty
לַיְלָהlayəlāhTwist
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
לֹאlōʾNot
אָכַלְתִּיʾāḵalətîEat
וּמַיִםûmayimAnd waters
לֹאlōʾNot
שָׁתִיתִיšātîtîImbibe
עַלʿalAbove
כָּלkālWhole
חַטַּאתְכֶםḥaṭaʾtəḵemOffence
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
חֲטָאתֶםḥăṭāʾtemMiss
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
הָרַעhāraʿThe bad
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְהַכְעִיסוֹləhaḵəʿîswōTo trouble

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