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Guard yourselves,הִשָּׁמְרוּ לָכֶםlestפֶּןyour heartלְבַבְכֶםbe seducedיִפְתֶּהand you turn asideוְסַרְתֶּםand serveוַעֲבַדְתֶּםotherאֲחֵרִיםgodsאֱלֹהִיםand bow downוְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶםto them,לָהֶם
Deuteronomy 11:16
Study it in the app“Guard yourselves, lest your heart be seduced and you turn aside and serve other gods and bow down to them,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 11:16, word by word
- Guard yourselvesהִשָּׁמְרוּhishamru
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “hishamru” appears- your heartלְבַבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- be seducedיִפְתֶּהyifte
entice
To win someone over by trickery.
Where else “yifte” appears- and you turn asideסַרְתֶּםsartem
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sartem” appears- and serveעֲבַדְתֶּםavadtem
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avadtem” appears- otherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- and bow downהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶםhishtachavitem
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “hishtachavitem” appears
The context
15I will give grass in your field for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.
16 · This verse (above)
17and the anger of YHWH be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, and the ground does not yield its produce, and you perish quickly from the good land that YHWH is giving you.