Deuteronomy 11:17

“and 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.”

Deuteronomy 11:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 11:17, word by word

and the angerאַףaf

anger

The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.

Where else “af” 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.

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be kindledחָרָהchara

burn

For YHWH's anger to be kindled like a fire against someone.

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and he shut upעָצַרatsar

restrain

To stop something, like rain or a plague.

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the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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so that there isיִהְיֶהyihye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

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rainמָטָרmatar

rain

Rain.

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and the groundאֲדָמָהadama

soil

Farmland, or dust.

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yieldתִתֵּןtiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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its produceיְבוּלָyevula

produce

Produce: what the land yields.

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and you perishאֲבַדְתֶּםavadtem

perish

To die, be ruined.

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quicklyמְהֵרָהmehera

haste, quickly

Haste; as an adverb, "quickly."

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the goodטֹּבָהtova

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

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landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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The context

16Guard yourselves, lest your heart be seduced and you turn aside and serve other gods and bow down to them,

17 · This verse (above)

18So you shall put these words of mine on your heart and on your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

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