Study it in the app“These nations feared YHWH, and their carved images they served; also their sons and the sons of their sons: as their fathers did, they do to this day.”
These nationsהַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּהfearedוַיִּהְיוּ יְרֵאִיםYHWH,אֶת יְהוָהand their carved imagesוְאֶת פְּסִילֵיהֶםthey served;הָיוּ עֹבְדִיםalsoגַּםtheir sonsבְּנֵיהֶםand the sonsוּבְנֵיof their sons:בְנֵיהֶםasכַּאֲשֶׁרtheir fathersאֲבֹתָםdid,עָשׂוּtheyהֵםdoעֹשִׂיםto this day.עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appearsrevere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yereim” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscarved image
Carved image: the figure of a god carved in wood or stone.
Where else “pesile” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “ovdim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears40But they did not listen, but according to their former custom they do.
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