Exodus 20:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.”

Exodus 20:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 20:717 words

לֹאlōʾNot

תִשָּׂאtiśāʾLift

אֶתʾet—

שֵׁםšēmAppellation

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

לַשָּׁוְאlašāwəʾTo evil

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לֹאlōʾNot

יְנַקֶּהyənaqehBe

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֵתʾēt—

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִשָּׂאyiśāʾLift

אֶתʾet—

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

לַשָּׁוְאlašāwəʾTo evil

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

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot

תִשָּׂאtiśāʾLift

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שֵׁםšēmAppellation

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

לַשָּׁוְאlašāwəʾTo evil

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לֹאlōʾNot

יְנַקֶּהyənaqehBe

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִשָּׂאyiśāʾLift

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

לַשָּׁוְאlašāwəʾTo evil

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