Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou be long living on the land, which thy Lord God shall give to thee.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- אָרַךְʼârakto be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
- כָּבַדkâbadto be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous,
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhsoil (from its general redness)
- אֵםʼêma mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (li
- אָבʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.