Deuteronomy 13:3

“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.”

Deuteronomy 13:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 13:3, word by word

listenתִשְׁמַעtishma

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

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to the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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prophetנָּבִיאnavi

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

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dreamerחוֹלֵםcholem

dream

To see images and scenes while asleep.

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of dreamsחֲלוֹםchalom

dream

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

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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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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is testingמְנַסֶּהmenase

test

To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.

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to knowדַעַתdaat

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

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loveאֹהֲבִיםohavim

love

To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.

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your heartלְבַבְlevav

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.

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your soulנַפְשְׁnafsh

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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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.

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