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Deuteronomy 4:26-29

26I callהַעִידֹתִי֩ha.'i.do.TiH5749heavenהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064and earthהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776to witnessH5749against you this dayהַיּ֜וֹםhai.YomH3117,that ye shall soonמַהֵר֒ma.HerH4118utterlyאָבֹ֣ד'a.VodH6perishתֹּאבֵדוּן֮toe.DunH6from off the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whereunto ye go overעֹבְרִ֧ים'oe.RimH5674Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֛ןhai.yar.DenH3383to possessלְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּle.rish.TahH3423it; ye shall not prolongתַאֲרִיכֻ֤ןta.'a.ri.KhunH748yourdaysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117upon it, but shall utterlyהִשָּׁמֵ֖דhi.sha.MedH8045be destroyedתִּשָּׁמֵדֽוּן׃ti.sha.me.DunH8045.

27And Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068shall scatterוְהֵפִ֧יץve.he.FitzH6327you among the nationsבָּעַמִּ֑יםba.'a.MimH5971,and ye shall be leftוְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּם֙ve.nish.'ar.TemH7604fewמְתֵ֣יme.TeiH4962in numberמִסְפָּ֔רmis.ParH4557among the heathenבַּגּוֹיִ֕םba.go.YimH1471,whither Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068shall leadיְנַהֵ֧גye.na.HegH5090you.

28And there ye shall serveוַעֲבַדְתֶּם־va.'a.vad.tem-H5647godsאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430,the workמַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.SehH4639of men’sאָדָ֑ם'a.DamH120handsיְדֵ֣יye.DeiH3027,woodעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086and stoneוָאֶ֔בֶןva.'E.venH68,which neither seeיִרְאוּן֙yir.'UnH7200,nor hearיִשְׁמְע֔וּןyish.me.'UnH8085,nor eatיֹֽאכְל֖וּןyokh.LunH398,nor smellיְרִיחֻֽן׃ye.ri.ChunH7306.

29But if from thence thou shalt seekוּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥םu.vi.kash.TemH1245Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,thou shalt findוּמָצָ֑אתָu.ma.Tza.taH4672him,if thou seekתִדְרְשֶׁ֔נּוּtid.re.She.nuH1875him with all thy heartלְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.KhaH3824and with all thy soulנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaH5315.

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