Hebrew Interlinear
Exodus 20:12 Interlinear
“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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