Deuteronomy 12:8 Go deeper
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Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. (KJV)
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לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Deuteronomy 12:8 word 1
תַעֲשׂ֔וּןta.'a.Sunyou must do !
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 12:8 word 2
כְּ֠כֹלKe.kholaccording to all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Deuteronomy 12:8 word 3
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sherthat
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 12:8 word 4
אֲנַ֧חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuwe
Lemma: אֲנַ֫חְנוּ (a.nach.nu) · Strong's: H0587
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Plural (HPp1bp)
Meaning: we
Used 118 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 19:13, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0587; TAHOT Deuteronomy 12:8 word 5
עֹשִׂ֛ים'o.Sim[are] doing
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 12:8 word 6
פֹּ֖הpohhere
Lemma: פֹּה (poh) · Strong's: H6311
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: here
Used 82 times. Also: Genesis 19:12, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 40:15, Numbers 22:8, Numbers 32:6, Numbers 32:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6311; TAHOT Deuteronomy 12:8 word 7
הַיּ֑וֹםhai.Yomthis day
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 12:8 word 8
אִ֖ישׁ'isheveryone
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man: anyone
Used 546 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 13:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376I; TAHOT Deuteronomy 12:8 word 9
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Deuteronomy 12:8 word 10
הַיָּשָׁ֥רhai.ya.Sharthe right
Lemma: יָשָׁר (ya.shar) · Strong's: H3477G
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: upright
Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 15:26, Numbers 23:10, Deuteronomy 6:18, Deuteronomy 12:25, Deuteronomy 12:28, Deuteronomy 13:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3477G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 12:8 word 11
בְּעֵינָֽיו\׃be.'ei.Navin own eyes his
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye: appearance
Used 153 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 20:15, Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869I; TAHOT Deuteronomy 12:8 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You are not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| to do | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| as | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| we | → | אֲנַ֫חְנוּ H0587 we |
| are doing | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| here | → | פֹּה H6311 here |
| today | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| [where] everyone | → | אִישׁ H0376I man: anyone |
| [does] what | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| seems right | → | יָשָׁר H3477G upright |
| in his own eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869I eye: appearance |
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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