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Exodus 20:17 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.


Exodus 20:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 20:1715 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תַחְמֹדtaḥəmōdDelight in
בֵּיתbêtA house
רֵעֶךָrēʿeḵāAssociate
לֹאlōʾNot
תַחְמֹדtaḥəmōdDelight in
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
רֵעֶךָrēʿeḵāAssociate
וְעַבְדּוֹwəʿavədwōAnd servant
וַאֲמָתוֹwaʾămātwōAnd maid-servant
וְשׁוֹרוֹwəšwōrwōAnd bullock
וַחֲמֹרוֹwaḥămōrwōAnd ass
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לְרֵעֶךָlərēʿeḵāTo associate
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
תַחְמֹדtaḥəmōdDelight in
בֵּיתbêtA house
רֵעֶךָrēʿeḵāAssociate
לֹאlōʾNot
תַחְמֹדtaḥəmōdDelight in
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
רֵעֶךָrēʿeḵāAssociate
וְעַבְדּוֹwəʿavədwōAnd servant
וַאֲמָתוֹwaʾămātwōAnd maid-servant
וְשׁוֹרוֹwəšwōrwōAnd bullock
וַחֲמֹרוֹwaḥămōrwōAnd ass
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לְרֵעֶךָlərēʿeḵāTo associate

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