Hebrew Interlinear
Exodus 20:12 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Exodus 20:12, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“Honour thy father and thy mother may be long that thy days upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth ”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | כַּבֵּ֥ד | H3513 | Honour | to be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same |
| 2 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 3 | אָבִ֖יךָ | H1 | thy father | father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application |
| 4 | וְאֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 5 | אִמֶּ֑ךָ | H517 | and thy mother | a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]) |
| 6 | לְמַ֙עַן֙ | H4616 | properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that | |
| 7 | יַֽאֲרִכ֣וּן | H748 | may be long | to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively) |
| 8 | יָמֶ֔יךָ | H3117 | that thy days | a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso |
| 9 | עַ֚ל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 10 | הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה | H127 | upon the land | soil (from its general redness) |
| 11 | אֲשֶׁר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 12 | יְהוָ֥ה | H3068 | which the LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 13 | אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | H430 | thy God | gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of |
| 14 | נֹתֵ֥ן | H5414 | giveth | to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) |
| 15 | לָֽךְ׃ | H0 |
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