Deuteronomy 9:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the Lord had said he would destroy you.”

Deuteronomy 9:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:2516 words

וָאֶתְנַפַּלwāʾetənapalAnd fall

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֵתʾēt—

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

וְאֶתwəʾet—

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

הַלַּיְלָהhalayəlāhThe twist

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הִתְנַפָּלְתִּיhitənapālətîFall

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אָמַרʾāmarSay

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לְהַשְׁמִידləhašəmîdTo desolate

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

ℹWords 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

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

הַלַּיְלָהhalayəlāhThe twist

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הִתְנַפָּלְתִּיhitənapālətîFall

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אָמַרʾāmarSay

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לְהַשְׁמִידləhašəmîdTo desolate

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

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