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Exodus 20:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;


Exodus 20:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 20:521 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהtišətaḥăwehDepress
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תָעָבְדֵםtāʿāvədēmWork
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֵלʾēlStrength
קַנָּאqanāʾJealous
פֹּקֵדpōqēdVisit
עֲוֺןʿăwōnPerversity
אָבֹתʾāvōtFather
עַלʿalAbove
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
עַלʿalAbove
שִׁלֵּשִׁיםšilēšîmThird
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
רִבֵּעִיםribēʿîmFourth
לְשֹׂנְאָיləśōnəʾāyTo hate
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהtišətaḥăwehDepress
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תָעָבְדֵםtāʿāvədēmWork
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֵלʾēlStrength
קַנָּאqanāʾJealous
פֹּקֵדpōqēdVisit
עֲוֺןʿăwōnPerversity
אָבֹתʾāvōtFather
עַלʿalAbove
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
עַלʿalAbove
שִׁלֵּשִׁיםšilēšîmThird
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
רִבֵּעִיםribēʿîmFourth
לְשֹׂנְאָיləśōnəʾāyTo hate

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