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You shall notלֹאdoתַעֲשׂוּןaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרweאֲנַחְנוּare doingעֹשִׂיםhereפֹּהtoday,הַיּוֹםeach oneאִישׁdoingallכָּלthat isrightהַיָּשָׁרin his eyes,בְּעֵינָיו
Deuteronomy 12:8
Study it in the app“You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today, each one doing all that is right in his eyes,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 12:8, word by word
- doתַעֲשׂוּtaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- rightיָּשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- in his eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears
The context
7And there you shall eat before YHWH your Elohim and rejoice in every undertaking of your hand, you and your households, in which YHWH your Elohim has blessed you.
8 · This verse (above)
9for you have not yet come to the rest and to the inheritance that YHWH your Elohim is giving you.