“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
HebrewMeaning
כַּבֵּ֥דkabēd
honorverbH3513
more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אָבִ֖י/ךָʾābiykā
father yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
אִמֶּ֑/ךָʾimekā
mother yournounH517
mother · parting
לְמַ֨עַן֙ləmaʿan
so thatpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
יַאֲרִכ֣וּ/ןyaʾărikwn
they may be long !verbH748
draw out · lengthen · (be · become ···
יָמֶ֔י/ךָyāmeykā
days yournounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
עַ֚לʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אֲדָמָ֔הhāʾădāmāh
the landparticleH127
earth · ground · husband · land
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָʾĕlōheykā
God yournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
נֹתֵ֥ןnōtēn
is about to giveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לָֽ/ךְlākə
pron
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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