you shall notלֹאlistenתִשְׁמַעto the wordsאֶל דִּבְרֵיof thatהַהוּאprophetהַנָּבִיאorאוֹto thatהַהוּאdreamerאֶל חוֹלֵםof dreams,הַחֲלוֹםforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםis testingמְנַסֶּהyouאֶתְכֶםto knowלָדַעַתwhetherהֲyouכֶםloveאֹהֲבִיםYHWHאֶת יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםwith allבְּכָלyour heartלְבַבְכֶםand with allוּבְכָלyour soul.נַפְשְׁכֶם
Deuteronomy 13:3
Study it in the app“you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams, for YHWH your Elohim is testing you to know whether you love YHWH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 13:3, word by word
- listenתִשְׁמַעtishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “tishma” appears- to the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- dreamerחוֹלֵםcholem
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- 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is testingמְנַסֶּהmenase
test
To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.
Where else “menase” appears- to knowדַעַתdaat
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “daat” appears- loveאֹהֲבִיםohavim
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ohavim” appears- your heartלְבַבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- your soulנַפְשְׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears
The context
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,”
3 · This verse (above)
4After YHWH your Elohim you shall walk, and him you shall fear, and his commandments you shall keep, and his voice you shall obey, and him you shall serve, and to him you shall cling.