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You shall notלֹאactתַעֲשׂוּןthis wayכֵּןtoward YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
Deuteronomy 12:4
Study it in the app“You shall not act this way toward YHWH your Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 12:4, word by word
- actתַעֲשׂוּtaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appears- toward YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
3You shall tear down their altars, smash their standing stones, burn their Asherahs with fire, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their name from that place.
4 · This verse (above)
5But you shall seek the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses out of all your tribes to put his name there for his dwelling, and you shall go there.