King James Version

Deuteronomy 11:20

And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

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וּכְתַבְתָּ֛םukhetavtamand describeכָּתַבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and describe”, a completed action in a sequenceH3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מְזוּז֥וֹתmezuzotpostמְזוּזָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “post”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4201a door-post (as prominent)(door, side) post.בֵּיתֶ֖ךָbeytekhafamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָuvishareykhaand in doorשַׁעַרconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and in door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;

Young’s Literal Translation

and hast written them on the side-posts of thy house, and on thy gates,

World English Bible

You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates;

Darby Translation

and write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;

Douay-Rheims

Thou shalt write them upon the posts and the doors of thy house:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye shall write them on the lintels of your houses, and on your gates;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ γράψετε αὐτὰ ἐπὶ τὰς φλιὰς τῶν οἰκιῶν ὑμῶν, καὶ τῶν πυλῶν ὑμῶν,

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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