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Exodus 34:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.


Exodus 34:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 34:1612 words
וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take
מִבְּנֹתָיוmibənōtāywFrom daughter
לְבָנֶיךָləvāneyḵāTo son
וְזָנוּwəzānûAnd commit adultery
בְנֹתָיוvənōtāywDaughter
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
אֱלֹהֵיהֶןʾĕlōhêhenGod
וְהִזְנוּwəhizənûAnd commit adultery
אֶתʾet
בָּנֶיךָbāneyḵāSon
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
אֱלֹהֵיהֶןʾĕlōhêhenGod
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take
מִבְּנֹתָיוmibənōtāywFrom daughter
לְבָנֶיךָləvāneyḵāTo son
וְזָנוּwəzānûAnd commit adultery
בְנֹתָיוvənōtāywDaughter
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
אֱלֹהֵיהֶןʾĕlōhêhenGod
וְהִזְנוּwəhizənûAnd commit adultery
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בָּנֶיךָbāneyḵāSon
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
אֱלֹהֵיהֶןʾĕlōhêhenGod

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