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Ifכִּיyou hearתִשְׁמַעin oneבְּאַחַתof your citiesעָרֶיךָthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis givingנֹתֵןyouלְךָto liveלָשֶׁבֶתthere,שָׁםit being said:לֵאמֹר
Deuteronomy 13:12
Study it in the app“If you hear in one of your cities that YHWH your Elohim is giving you to live there, it being said:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 13:12, word by word
- you hearתִשְׁמַעtishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “tishma” appears- in oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- of your citiesעָרֶיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- to liveשֶׁבֶתshevet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shevet” appears- it being saidאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
11And all Israel shall hear and fear, and they shall not again do any such evil thing among you.
12 · This verse (above)
13“Wicked men have gone out from among you and have dragged away the inhabitants of their city, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ whom you have not known,”