Leviticus 25:46 — King James Version← Study notes

“And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.”

Leviticus 25:46 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 25:4618 words

וְהִתְנַחֲלְתֶּםwəhitənaḥălətemAnd inherit

אֹתָםʾōtām—

לִבְנֵיכֶםlivənêḵemTo son

אַחֲרֵיכֶםʾaḥărêḵemThe hind part

לָרֶשֶׁתlārešetTo occupy

אֲחֻזָּהʾăḥuzāhSeized

לְעֹלָםləʿōlāmTo concealed

בָּהֶםbāhemIn

תַּעֲבֹדוּtaʿăvōdûWork

וּבְאַחֵיכֶםûvəʾaḥêḵemAnd in brother

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אִישׁʾîšMan

בְּאָחִיוbəʾāḥîwIn brother

לֹאlōʾNot

תִרְדֶּהtirədehTread

בוֹvwōIn

בְּפָרֶךְbəp̄āreḵəIn fracture

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

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