Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 28:68
68The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The LORD | יְהוָ֥ה׀ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| will return you | וֶֽהֱשִֽׁיבְךָ֨ | we·hĕ·šî·ḇə·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| to Egypt | מִצְרַיִם֮ | miṣ·ra·yim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
| in ships | בָּאֳנִיּוֹת֒ | bā·’o·nî·yō·wṯ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural | H591 a ship |
| by a route | בַּדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ | bad·de·reḵ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I said | אָמַ֣רְתִּֽי | ’ā·mar·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H559 utter, say |
| you | לְךָ֔ | lə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| never | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| see | לִרְאֹתָ֑הּ | lir·’ō·ṯāh | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular | H7200 see |
| again | תֹסִ֥יף | ṯō·sîp̄ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H3254 add |
| There | שָׁ֧ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| you will sell | וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּ֨ם | wə·hiṯ·mak·kar·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H4376 sell |
| yourselves to your enemies | לְאֹיְבֶ֛יךָ | lə·’ō·yə·ḇe·ḵā | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H341 be hostile to |
| as male | לַעֲבָדִ֥ים | la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural | H5650 slave, servant |
| and female slaves | וְלִשְׁפָח֖וֹת | wə·liš·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural | H8198 maid, maid-servant |
| but no | וְאֵ֥ין | wə·’ên | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| one will buy you | קֹנֶֽה׃ס | qō·neh | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7069 get, acquire |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 44:12 · Jeremiah 43:7 · Hosea 8:13 · Hosea 9:3 · Deuteronomy 17:16 · Exodus 20:2 · Esther 7:4 · Joel 3:3–7 · Nehemiah 5:8 · Luke 21:24
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.