DEUTERONOMY 17:20

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.”

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Deuteronomy 17:20 Translation & Meaning

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That his heart לְבָבוֹ֙ The heart (as the most interior organ) heart
be not לְבִלְתִּ֤י Properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc not
lifted up רוּם To be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively) lifted up
above his brethren, מֵֽאֶחָ֔יו A brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H0001]) above brethren
and that he turn not aside ס֥וּר To turn off (literally or figuratively) turn not aside
from מִן Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses from
the commandment, הַמִּצְוָ֖ה A command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law) commandment
to (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
the right hand, יָמִ֣ין The right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south right hand
or the left: וּשְׂמֹ֑אול Properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e., the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand left
to (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
to the end that לְמַעַן֩ Properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that end
he may prolong יַֽאֲרִ֨יךְ To be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively) prolong
his (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
days יָמִ֧ים A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) days
in עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications in
his kingdom, מַמְלַכְתּ֛וֹ Dominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm) kingdom
he, ה֥וּא He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are he
and his children, וּבָנָ֖יו A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) children
in the midst בְּקֶ֥רֶב Properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition) midst
of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel

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  • 18  And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:

  • 19  And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

  • 20  That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.




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