King James Version
Deuteronomy 6:9 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.”
Deuteronomy 6:9 · KJV
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt write”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of thy house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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