Original Language Studio
Deuteronomy 9:28
“Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6435 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
- Derivation
- from H6437 (פָּנָה);
- KJV renderings
- (lest) (peradventure), that...not.
- Grammar
- פֶּן — conjunction
- Usage
- Occurs 133 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:3Genesis 3:22Genesis 11:4Genesis 19:15Genesis 19:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פֵּן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.