then you shall seekוְדָרַשְׁתָּand investigateוְחָקַרְתָּand askוְשָׁאַלְתָּthoroughly.הֵיטֵבAnd look,וְהִנֵּהif it is trueאֱמֶתand the matterהַדָּבָרcertain,נָכוֹןthat thisהַזֹּאתabominationהַתּוֹעֵבָהhas been doneנֶעֶשְׂתָהamong you,בְּקִרְבֶּךָ
Deuteronomy 13:14
Study it in the app“then you shall seek and investigate and ask thoroughly. And look, if it is true and the matter certain, that this abomination has been done among you,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 13:14, word by word
- then you shall seekדָרַשְׁתָּdarashta
require
To investigate, or hold to account.
Where else “darashta” appears- and investigateחָקַרְתָּchakarta
search out, examine
Search out: examine something thoroughly.
Where else “chakarta” appears- and askשָׁאַלְתָּshaalta
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “shaalta” appears- thoroughlyהֵיטֵבhetev
be glad
For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.
Where else “hetev” appears- if it is trueאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- and the matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- certainנָכוֹןnachon
be certain
To be true, sure.
Where else “nachon” appears- abominationתּוֹעֵבָהtoeva
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toeva” appears- has been doneנֶעֶשְׂתָהneesta
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “neesta” appears- among youקִרְבֶּkirbe
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbe” appears
The context
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,”
14 · This verse (above)
15you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it to destruction, and all that is in it, and its livestock, with the edge of the sword.