Deuteronomy 13:1

“If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,”

Deuteronomy 13:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 13:1, word by word

a prophetנָבִיאnavi

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

Where else “navi” appears
a dreamerחֹלֵםcholem

dream

To see images and scenes while asleep.

Where else “cholem” appears
of dreamsחֲלוֹםchalom

dream

Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.

Where else “chalom” appears
arisesיָקוּםyakum

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

Where else “yakum” appears
among youקִרְבְּkirb

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

Where else “kirb” appears
and givesנָתַןnatan

give

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

Where else “natan” appears
a signאוֹתot

miracle

A miracle that shows God's power.

Where else “ot” appears
a wonderמוֹפֵתmofet

portent

A sign of what is to come.

Where else “mofet” appears

Translation note

In the Hebrew Bible this chapter runs one verse ahead: 13:1 is here 12:32, and this verse is 13:2.

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2and the sign or the wonder comes about, of which he spoke to you, saying, “Let us go after other gods, whom you have not known, and let us serve them,”

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