Deuteronomy 17:14
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
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ASV
When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;
KJV
When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → |
| תָבֹ֣א | ta.Vo' | you will go | H935 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | into | H413 → |
| הָאָ֗רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| יְהוָ֤ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | God your | H430 → |
| נֹתֵ֣ן | no.Ten | [is] about to give | H5414 → |
| לָ֔ךְ | Lakh | to <the> you | |
| וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֖הּ | vi.rish.Tah | and you will take possession of it | H3423 → |
| וְיָשַׁ֣בְתָּה | ve.ya.Shav.tah | and you will dwell | H3427 → |
| בָּ֑הּ | Bah | in <the> it | |
| וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ | ve.'a.mar.Ta | and you will say | H559 → |
| אָשִׂ֤ימָה | 'a.Si.mah | let me appoint | H7760 → |
| עָלַי֙ | 'a.Lai | over myself | H5921 → |
| מֶ֔לֶךְ | Me.lekh | a king | H4428 → |
| כְּכָל־ | ke.khol- | like all | H3605 → |
| הַגּוֹיִ֖ם | ha.go.Yim | the nations | H1471 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| סְבִיבֹתָֽי׃ | se.vi.vo.Tai | [are] around me | H5439 → |
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