Hebrew Interlinear

Deuteronomy 31:28 Interlinear

Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes and your officers that I may speak in their ears these words and call heaven and earth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1הַקְהִ֧ילוּH6950Gatherto convoke
2אֵלַ֛יH413near, with or among; often in general, to
3אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
5זִקְנֵ֥יH2205unto me all the eldersold
6שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֖םH7626of your tribesa scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
7וְשֹֽׁטְרֵיכֶ֑םH7860and your officersproperly, a scribe, i.e., (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
8וַֽאֲדַבְּרָ֣הH1696that I may speakperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
9בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗םH241in their earsbroadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
10אֵ֚תH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
11הַדְּבָרִ֣יםH1697these wordsa word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
12הָאֵ֔לֶּהH428these or those
13וְאָעִ֣ידָהH5749and callto duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
14בָּ֔םH0
15אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
16הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםH8064heaventhe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
17וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
18הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776and earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Deuteronomy 31:27 For I know thy rebellion ...
Deuteronomy 31:28 (current)Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes and your officers that I may speak in their ears these words and call heaven and earth
Deuteronomy 31:29 For I know that after my death corrupt...

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