Exodus 20:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”

Exodus 20:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 20:1215 words

כַּבֵּדkabēdBe heavy

אֶתʾet—

אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather

וְאֶתwəʾet—

אִמֶּךָʾimeḵāMother

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

יַאֲרִכוּןyaʾăriḵûnBe

יָמֶיךָyāmeyḵāDay

עַלʿalAbove

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

נֹתֵןnōtēnGive

לָךְlāḵəTo

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

Word-by-word meanings

כַּבֵּדkabēdBe heavy

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אִמֶּךָʾimeḵāMother

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

יַאֲרִכוּןyaʾăriḵûnBe

יָמֶיךָyāmeyḵāDay

עַלʿalAbove

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

נֹתֵןnōtēnGive

לָךְlāḵəTo

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