Exodus 34:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:”
Exodus 34:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 34:1215 words
הִשָּׁמֶרhišāmerHedge
לְךָləḵāTo
פֶּןpenRemoval
תִּכְרֹתtiḵərōtCut
בְּרִיתbərîtCompact
לְיוֹשֵׁבləywōšēvTo sit
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
בָּאbāʾGo
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
פֶּןpenRemoval
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לְמוֹקֵשׁləmwōqēšTo noose
בְּקִרְבֶּךָbəqirəbeḵāIn nearest
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