Deuteronomy 9:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh–barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.”

Deuteronomy 9:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:2324 words

וּבִשְׁלֹחַûvišəlōḥaAnd in send

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

מִקָּדֵשׁmiqādēšFrom

בַּרְנֵעַbarənēʿaKadesh-Barnea

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

עֲלוּʿălûAscend

וּרְשׁוּûrəšûAnd occupy

אֶתʾet—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַתִּיnātatîGive

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

וַתַּמְרוּwatamərûAnd be

אֶתʾet—

פִּיpîMouth

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

הֶאֱמַנְתֶּםheʾĕmanətemBuild up

לוֹlwōTo

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

שְׁמַעְתֶּםšəmaʿətemHear

בְּקֹלוֹbəqōlwōIn voice

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּבִשְׁלֹחַûvišəlōḥaAnd in send

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

מִקָּדֵשׁmiqādēšFrom

בַּרְנֵעַbarənēʿaKadesh-Barnea

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

עֲלוּʿălûAscend

וּרְשׁוּûrəšûAnd occupy

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַתִּיnātatîGive

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

וַתַּמְרוּwatamərûAnd be

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

פִּיpîMouth

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

הֶאֱמַנְתֶּםheʾĕmanətemBuild up

לוֹlwōTo

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

שְׁמַעְתֶּםšəmaʿətemHear

בְּקֹלוֹbəqōlwōIn voice

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