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Deuteronomy 9:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.


Deuteronomy 9:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:618 words
וְיָדַעְתָּwəyādaʿətāAnd know
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
בְצִדְקָתְךָvəṣidəqātəḵāIn rightness
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לְךָləḵāTo
אֶתʾet
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הַטּוֹבָהhaṭwōvāhThe good
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַםʿamPeople
קְשֵׁהqəšēhSevere
עֹרֶףʿōrep̄Nape
אָתָּהʾātāhThou
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְיָדַעְתָּwəyādaʿətāAnd know
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
בְצִדְקָתְךָvəṣidəqātəḵāIn rightness
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לְךָləḵāTo
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הַטּוֹבָהhaṭwōvāhThe good
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַםʿamPeople
קְשֵׁהqəšēhSevere
עֹרֶףʿōrep̄Nape
אָתָּהʾātāhThou

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