Deuteronomy 11:20 Go deeper
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And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: (KJV)
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וּכְתַבְתָּ֛םu.khe.tav.Tamand you will write them
Lemma: כָּתַב (ka.tav) · Strong's: H3789
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to write
Used 222 times. Also: Exodus 17:14, Exodus 24:4, Exodus 24:12, Exodus 31:18, Exodus 32:15, Exodus 32:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3789; TAHOT Deuteronomy 11:20 word 1
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 11:20 word 2
מְזוּז֥וֹתme.zu.Zot[the] doorposts of
Lemma: מְזוּזָה (me.zu.zah) · Strong's: H4201
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: doorpost
Used 19 times. Also: Exodus 12:7, Exodus 12:22, Exodus 12:23, Exodus 21:6, Deuteronomy 6:9, Judges 16:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4201; TAHOT Deuteronomy 11:20 word 3
בֵּיתֶ֖ךָbei.Te.khahouse your
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 11:20 word 4
וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ\׃u.vish.'a.Rei.khaand on gates your
Lemma: שַׁ֫עַר (sha.ar) · Strong's: H8179G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: gate
Used 347 times. Also: Genesis 19:1, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:18, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8179G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 11:20 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Write them | → | כָּתַב H3789 to write |
| on | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the doorposts | → | מְזוּזָה H4201 doorpost |
| of your houses | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| and on your gates | → | שַׁ֫עַר H8179G gate |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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