So I spokeוָאֲדַבֵּרto you,אֲלֵיכֶםbutוְyou did notלֹאlisten;שְׁמַעְתֶּםyou rebelledוַתַּמְרוּagainst the commandאֶת פִּיof YHWH,יְהוָהacted presumptuously,וַתָּזִדוּand went upוַתַּעֲלוּinto the hill country.הָהָרָה
Deuteronomy 1:43
Study it in the app“So I spoke to you, but you did not listen; you rebelled against the command of YHWH, acted presumptuously, and went up into the hill country.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:43, word by word
- So I spokeאֲדַבֵּרadaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “adaber” appears- listenשְׁמַעְתֶּםshematem
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shematem” appears- you rebelledתַּמְרוּtamru
rebel
Rebel, resist what is commanded.
Where else “tamru” appears- against the commandפִּיpi
command
Literally "the mouth": what someone says or decrees.
Where else “pi” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- acted presumptuouslyתָּזִדוּtazidu
act arrogantly
To defy a command on purpose, proudly.
Where else “tazidu” appears- and went upתַּעֲלוּtaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “taalu” appears- into the hill countryהָרָhara
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “hara” appears
The context
42YHWH said to me, “Say to them, ‘Do not go up and do not fight, for I am not among you, so that you are not struck down before your enemies.’”
43 · This verse (above)
44Then the Amorite who lived in that hill country came out to meet you and chased you as bees do, and crushed you in Seir as far as Hormah.