Deuteronomy 9:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee.”
Deuteronomy 9:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:322 words
וְיָדַעְתָּwəyādaʿətāAnd know
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
הוּאhûʾHe
הָעֹבֵרhāʿōvērThe cross
לְפָנֶיךָləp̄āneyḵāTo face
אֵשׁʾēšFire
אֹכְלָהʾōḵəlāhEat
הוּאhûʾHe
יַשְׁמִידֵםyašəmîdēmDesolate
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
יַכְנִיעֵםyaḵənîʿēmBend
לְפָנֶיךָləp̄āneyḵāTo face
וְהוֹרַשְׁתָּםwəhwōrašətāmAnd occupy
וְהַאַבַדְתָּםwəhaʾavadətāmAnd wander
מַהֵרmahērHurrying
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לָךְlāḵəTo
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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