King James Version

Deuteronomy 12:19

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

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הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhishamerbewardשָׁמַרverb, niphal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “beward”, a commandH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).לְךָ֔lekhatoלְךָ֔preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to”toפֶּֽןpenthat...notפֵּןconjunction — “that...not”H6435properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest(lest) (peradventure), that...not.תַּעֲזֹ֖בtaazovcommit selfעָזַבverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “commit self”, an unfinished actionH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַלֵּוִ֑יhalevithe Leviiteלֵוִיִּיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “the Leviite”, the ordinary formH3881a Levite or descendant of LeviLeviite.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).יָמֶ֖יךָyameykhaas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…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,…אַדְמָתֶֽךָadmatekhacountryאֲדָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “country”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH127soil (from its general redness)country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest in thy land.

Young’s Literal Translation

take heed to thee lest thou forsake the Levite all thy days on thy ground.

World English Bible

Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

Darby Translation

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite all the days thou shalt be in thy land.

Douay-Rheims

Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Take heed to thyself that thou do not desert the Levite all the time that thou livest upon the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς τὸν Λευίτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον ὅσον ἂ ζῇς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.