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Deuteronomy 9:28 — King James Version← Study notes

Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.


Deuteronomy 9:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:2820 words
פֶּןpenRemoval
יֹאמְרוּyōʾmərûSay
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הוֹצֵאתָנוּhwōṣēʾtānûGo
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
מִבְּלִיmibəlîFrom failure
יְכֹלֶתyəḵōletBe able
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַהֲבִיאָםlahăvîʾāmTo go
אֶלʾelNear
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וּמִשִּׂנְאָתוֹûmiśinəʾātwōAnd from hate
אוֹתָםʾwōtām
הוֹצִיאָםhwōṣîʾāmGo
לַהֲמִתָםlahămitāmTo die
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

פֶּןpenRemoval
יֹאמְרוּyōʾmərûSay
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הוֹצֵאתָנוּhwōṣēʾtānûGo
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
מִבְּלִיmibəlîFrom failure
יְכֹלֶתyəḵōletBe able
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַהֲבִיאָםlahăvîʾāmTo go
אֶלʾelNear
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וּמִשִּׂנְאָתוֹûmiśinəʾātwōAnd from hate
אוֹתָםʾwōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
הוֹצִיאָםhwōṣîʾāmGo
לַהֲמִתָםlahămitāmTo die
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

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