Deuteronomy 6:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם לְא֖וֹת עַל־יָדֶ֑ךָ וְהָי֥וּ לְטֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֶֽיךָ

Transliteration

And ûqĕšartām for-ʾôt upon-yādeka and wĕhāyû for-ṭōṭāpōt between ʿênêka

Grammar Details

*û-qĕšartām*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and you shall bind them
*lĕ-ʾôt*: preposition + masculine singular noun - for a sign
*ʿal*: preposition - upon
*yādeka*: feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand
*wĕ-hāyû*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and they shall be
*lĕ-ṭōṭāpōt*: preposition + feminine plural noun - for frontlets
*bên*: preposition - between
*ʿênêka*: dual noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes

Word Meanings

*qĕšartām*: bind them/tie them/fasten them
*ʾôt*: sign/mark/token
*yād*: hand/power/side
*hāyû*: be/exist/become
*ṭōṭāpōt*: frontlets/bands/phylacteries
*ʿênayim*: eyes/sight/appearance

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 11:18 : 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Exod 13:9 : 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
Exod 13:16 : 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
Prov 3:3 : 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Prov 6:21 : 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Prov 7:3 : 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Num 15:38-39 : 38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
Matt 23:5 : 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men : they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

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