Deuteronomy 17:15
you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.
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ASV
thou shalt surely set him king over thee, whom Jehovah thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.
KJV
Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| שׂ֣וֹם | Som | indeed <appoint> | H7760 → |
| תָּשִׂ֤ים | ta.Sim | you will appoint | H7760 → |
| עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ | 'a.Lei.kha | over yourself | H5921 → |
| מֶ֔לֶךְ | Me.lekh | a king | H4428 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | whom | H834 → |
| יִבְחַ֛ר | yiv.Char | he will choose | H977 → |
| יְהוָ֥ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | God your | H430 → |
| בּ֑וֹ | bo | <in> <the> him | |
| מִקֶּ֣רֶב | mi.Ke.rev | from [the] midst of | H7130 → |
| אַחֶ֗יךָ | 'a.Chei.Kha | countrymen your | H251 → |
| תָּשִׂ֤ים | ta.Sim | you will appoint | H7760 → |
| עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ | 'a.Lei.kha | over yourself | H5921 → |
| מֶ֔לֶךְ | Me.lekh | a king | H4428 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| תוּכַ֗ל | tu.Khal | you will be able | H3201 → |
| לָתֵ֤ת | la.Tet | to set | H5414 → |
| עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ | 'a.Lei.kha | over yourself | H5921 → |
| אִ֣ישׁ | 'ish | a man | H376 → |
| נָכְרִ֔י | na.khe.Ri | foreign | H5237 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | who | H834 → |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| אָחִ֖יךָ | 'a.Chi.kha | [is] countryman your | H251 → |
| הֽוּא׃ | Hu' | he | H1931 → |
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