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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 34:12Hebrew 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

הִשָּׁמֶרhišāmerHedge
לְךָləḵāTo
פֶּןpenRemoval
תִּכְרֹתtiḵərōtCut
בְּרִיתbərîtCompact
לְיוֹשֵׁבləywōšēvTo sit
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
בָּאbāʾGo
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
פֶּןpenRemoval
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לְמוֹקֵשׁləmwōqēšTo noose
בְּקִרְבֶּךָbəqirəbeḵāIn nearest

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