and the curse,וְהַקְּלָלָהifאִםyou do notלֹאlistenתִשְׁמְעוּtoאֶלthe commandmentsמִצְוֺתof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםand turn asideוְסַרְתֶּםfromמִןthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commandingמְצַוֶּהyouאֶתְכֶםtoday,הַיּוֹםto goלָלֶכֶתafterאַחֲרֵיotherאֲחֵרִיםgodsאֱלֹהִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyou have notלֹאknown.יְדַעְתֶּם
Deuteronomy 11:28
Study it in the app“and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of YHWH your Elohim and turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 11:28, word by word
- and the curseקְּלָלָהkelala
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelala” appears- listenתִשְׁמְעוּtishmu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “tishmu” appears- the commandmentsמִצְוֺתmitsvot
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvot” 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- and turn asideסַרְתֶּםsartem
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sartem” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- am commandingמְצַוֶּהmetsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsave” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- to goלֶכֶתlechet
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “lechet” appears- otherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- knownיְדַעְתֶּםyedatem
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedatem” appears
The context
27the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of YHWH your Elohim that I am commanding you today;
28 · This verse (above)
29And when YHWH your Elohim brings you into the land into which you are going to take possession of it, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.